On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Amit k. Saha <amitsaha.in at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Moinak Ghosh <moinakg at belenix.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Amit k. Saha <amitsaha.in at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Moinak Ghosh <moinakg at belenix.org> >>> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Amit k. Saha <amitsaha.in at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> My current partition table reads like: >>>>> >>>>> /dev/sda1 1 2423 19462716 83 Linux >>>>> /dev/sda2 * 2424 4336 15366172+ 83 Linux >>>>> /dev/sda3 7270 9729 19759950 83 Linux >>>>> /dev/sda4 4337 4489 1228972+ 82 Linux swap / >>>>> Solaris >>>>> >>>>> I can 'afford' to use the '/dev/sda2' partition for BeleniX. >>>>> >>>>> Do I need any tweaking before I go ahead with the install? Any >>>>> points-to-remember? >>>> >>>> You will have to delete that Linux partition and make free space. Also >>>> note down your Linux /boot/grub/menu.lst entries since OpenSolaris >>>> overwrites the MBR. Subsequently you can add the linux boot entries >>>> into /boot/grub/menu.lst in BeleniX. >>> >>> I will have to delete the partition before starting the BeleniX >>> installation? >> >> Yes. Better to do that. > > Okay. I am getting a 'core' dump immediately after I start the > graphical install. (more on the core dump later) I am figured, out > using 'elfdump' that it is a ELF file, produced by 'gui-install'. > > Is there any text mode install available?
Some more info: the core dump occurs in the disk selection step- before it shows me the available disks. The 'core' file is 90 MB file. With my little 'forensic' knowledge, I can give you some information if you need. Thanks, Amit -- Amit Kumar Saha http://blogs.sun.com/amitsaha/ http://amitksaha.blogspot.com Skype: amitkumarsaha
