Found a way to boot SmartOS [20170831] on my system, though a couple of builds older as of today!
Link to the illumos-discuss thread: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tb342e2cdbf33d692 Thanks to all for the help! On 20-Sep-2017 21:00, "Ludovic Orban" <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember another thread complaining about OI unable to boot on Ryzen, > and failing with what looks to me like a similar reason, i.e.: the > bootloader failing to find a memory place large enough to load the kernel > and the boot archive. Here it was: https://illumos.topicbox. > com/groups/developer/T9aca6b927663bf8b-M0b39b2737d0ab49976758a01 > > My guess is that grub and the bsd loader use a similar technique and fail > in a similar way. If the bsd loader got fixed, I assume it wouldn't be > rocket science to patch grub in the same way. > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Ganapathy S A <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Apologies for resending the mail. It's not showing up in smartos-discuss >> list archive! >> >> On 18-Sep-2017 01:42, "Ganapathy S A" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> When booted with smartos-20170706 USB key, the system didn't boot. Please >> have a look at the attached camshot. The same USB key when booted in my >> laptop, did well with no problem at all! Then I reburnt the USB key with >> latest smartos-20170913 img and tried with the system, still the same >> problem! The same updated USB key did again well in my laptop with no >> problem at all! >> >> System in question: >> - Ryzen 3 1300X (with base speed 3.5GHz and no OC) >> - Asus Prime A320MK >> - Crucial Ballistic 16G x1 DDR4 2400MHz (no OC) & Asus nVidia GT 710 1GB >> DDR3 >> - SanDisk SSD 120GB >> >> >> This same system booted well with the Windows OS in SSD, and with a >> bootable Linux Mint USB key! >> >> PS: the problem is the same for all the three options in the grub menu. >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> Thanx, >> Ganapathy >> >> >> > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26100054-3651fd5f> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
