>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Bruce Lorente" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [osol-help] Problems installing Solaris 10 from bootable ISO
> DVD
>
>
>>
>>> Dear Sirs,
>>> I have created a bootable iso DVD disk using Nero and it boots into a
>>> Caldera DR-DOS program on my Toshiba A-65. I reinstalled Windows leaving
>>> half the disk open for Solaris, intending to have a dual boot option
>>> which I
>>> have done before successfully with Fedora 8 using their install disk. The
>>> error messages are: EMM 386 Warning adress in A20 already enabled. And:
>>> EMM
>>> 386: Cannot find an unused 64 kilobyte range of upper memory to use for
>>> an
>>> EMS page frame.                                        Using FRAME = NONE
>>> FRAME= NONE
>>> Anybody out there dual booting Solaris with Windows on a Toshiba laptop?
>>> Is
>>> there some code or command I need to enter in DOS to get the install to
>>> start? Your attention to this matter will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I'm a little lost here ...
>>
>> Are you trying to begin the Solaris install process _after_ you have the
>> machine up and running Windows ?
>>
>> dc
>>
>> That's correct. Thanks for the reply. I have been able to do dual booting
>> with Redhat Linux before and thought I should be able to do the same thing
>> with Solaris. I'm not too sure about if it will work on this Toshiba
>> laptop though. Are you aware of any problems dual booting Solaris
>> alongside Windows on a laptop? Also I uninstalled Windows, scrubbed the
>> disk and got exactly the same error message described above trying to
>> install Solaris 10 solo.     Bruce
>>
>

whoa ...

if you take a Solaris 10 or Solaris Express DVD and boot that box with
it you get that error ?

I mean you do this :

  (1) insert the DVD

  (2) power off - totally - cold

  (3) power on

  (4) watch it boot the DVD


Dennis

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