----- Original Message ----
From: Johan Hartzenberg <jhart...@gmail.com>
To: David Robert Lewis <ethnopunk at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org
Sent: Saturday, 13 September, 2008 17:10:39
Subject: Re: [osol-help] please help, total newbie
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:44 AM, David Robert Lewis <ethnopunk at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Hello,
I am a complete Newbiew. Got the OpenSolaris disk in the post and booted it,
and it's not working. Bot this message:
warning /pci at 0,0/pci1565,3206 at 10,4/storage at 8/disk at 0,0 (sd0):
scsi transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command.
It just hangs, and nothing happens. What should I do?
I have a x64 VIA900 with Celeron 1,8GHz and 1G ram.
Please help. Thanks
Dave.
PS: If anybody can point me to a downloadable manual or FAQ would appreciate
it.
Hello Dave,
The above error usually indicates a bad hard disk drive.
Are you sure the computer is working? In particular are you sure the hard
drive cable is healthy, disk connection is seated well, and that the Hard Disk
Drive and the Hard Disk controller are fully functional?
> As far as I can tell, everything is setup fine. I am running a duel boot
> system with Ubuntu Hardy and Pirate XP and was wanting to test OpenSolaris
> using a Live CD, it is a Live CD isn't it?
Actually, on second thought, this is possibly a complaint about the CD-Rom
drive, its connection, or its controller - you were not clear about how far you
get with this. so I assume the above error is all you get? No GUI or questions
about language/keyboard, etc?
>I'm afraid not. Would I have to setup a different type of HDD and DVD
>combination? I have a Sata and Samsung Lightscribe connected to a Biostar
>Motherboard, 900 VIA chipset with Intel Celeron 1,8 GHz with 1G ram
Do you have another computer one which you can try the disk? Did you get a
good download (were you able to confirm the image checksum before you burned it
to disk?)
> I ordered the CD from Sun, so it should be fine. I tried running it on an old
> x86 (366mhz P3) with 256mb ram, thinking it may not run on 64bit but same
> thing.
Do you have another hard drive and/or CD-Rom / DVD drive to test in this
computer?
>Will try it out on a friend's machine to see if the DVD is the problem.
Any more details you can provide about this problem will help us help you!
Regarding the question about documentation:
There are more documents at docs.sun.com than you can read in several life
times. However they are well indexed and organized. You can download single
books or entire collections.
Hope this helps!
_hartz
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Thanks.
David,
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