I have been trying to install SXDE on my HP Pavilion desktop PC. Windows is currently installed on the system and there is 1GB of RAM and 160GB HDD. I ran the new hardware compatibility wizard and it gave me all green lights so the system should be able to support Solaris. I inserted the CD and followed the steps to install the most recent version of SXDE. It installed fine and the system restarted into GRUB. Though there was no nice menu of choices between Windows and Solaris like i think there should have been. Since there was no menu, i looked online about how to access Windows through GRUB and it gave me the following command set which i typed in.
1) rootnoverify (hd0,0) 2) chainloader +1 3) makeactive 4) boot Windows loaded and i shut down the computer. When i restarted, the computer loaded right to Windows and skipped GRUB. I have gathered that this is because i made Windows the active partition so I contacted tech-leads and someone has helped me fix the menu.1st file so the computer loads into GRUB again. The problem is that when i try to load Solaris I am getting the following error [b]error 18:Selected Cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS [/b] I just installed a new hard drive so I am assuming the BIOS cannot see all of the sectors. -What does this "error 18" mean? -what is the proper way to load Solaris through GRUB in text form (not in the nice menu which i can't seem to get)? -how do i get that nice menu where i can just chose the OS to load? Shouldn't the computer load to this after installing the second OS (Solaris)? Why am I not getting this menu (computer loads straight to text editor in GRUB)? -Only one partition can be active at any given time, right? Thank you for your time in this matter. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
