On 11/17/05, Matt LaPlante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to opensolaris and I wanted to install a test system on > VMWare 5.0 (Windows host). I downloaded the opensolaris > express cds (sol-nv-b27a-x86-v1.iso). I'm trying to boot from the > images but the installer freezes without error.
This looks like a problem with the graphical install in a 256MB (actually anything less than 332MB) VM. I see the same thing (with either Workstation 5.0 or 5.5 RC2) but it goes away if I increase the guest memory to 332MB or more or select the text installer (option 4). I suspect there isn't enough memory to load the X server and window system, and the installer is stuck waiting for pages (I broke into kmdb when it was wedged and saw that freemem was less than minfree). I don't have access to a physical machine with 256MB so I can't check whether the same thing occurs there. If I boot a 256MB VM with the build 26 install CD, I get an error message saying there isn't enough memory to do a graphical install, and I'm dropped into the text installer. Not sure why this isn't happening with build 27. I also noticed that ZFS is now part of the miniroot and the kernel module is loaded when the install CD boots, which might have caused an increase in the install footprint. So, the answer is, increase the guest memory. And the Sun folks might want to check whether the memory requirements have changed, and whether the checks to bailout into text mode are still working. Andy _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
