Hello,
I was told to be bit more descriptive.
I am trying to install belenix onto my hard drive
I downloaded 0.6.1 iso, burned it on to a cd, and tried installing it onto
the hard drive using hdinstaller.

After completing the installation and rebooting

Grub menu shows up, and after that when it tried to boot

I get this error:
multiboot is longer used to boot the Solaris Operating System
The Grub entry should be changed to:
kernel$ /platform/i86/pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
See http://www.sun.com/msg/SUNOS-8000-AK for details.
Press any key to reboot

if I follow these instructions, and reboot and then edit grub lines to show
exactly as specified, then I get an error

Booting Command-list
root (hd0,0,a)
Filesystem type is ufs, partition type 0xbf
kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
loading '/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix'...
cpu: 'GenuineIntel' family 15 model 2 step 9
amd64: CPU does NOT support long mode
amd64: CPU does NOT support amd64 executables.
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
loading '/platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive' ...

Error 20: Multiboot kernel must be loaded before modules

Press any key to continue...

when I press a key, it takes me back to grub menu.


------Note: I just realised that although I tried this on 3-4 different
machines, they all were P4 machines, I am gonna try it on Amd64 machine
tonight and see what happens then, I'll post again if there is anything
different.

Moreover, I think there is another bug, related to USB installer.

I tried installing it on USB too..that didn't work either.
when I tried that,
Its starts by:
Select the device you wish to install to from the following list:
1: /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0p0 4.8 GB ST650211 CF              0811    USB

Enter your choice (1,q)?1 <<<<I selected 1

WARNING: All data on your USB storage will be lost.
Are you sure you want to install to ST650211, MB at /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0p0 ?
(y/n) <<<< I find it peculiar there is no # in front of MB
On pressing y, I get

WARNING: USB stick too small
This version looks for a USB of minimum size 512Mb <<<<<Mine is 5Gig :)
Then it proceeds into describing into what to do if you USB stick is smaller
than 512....my problem is that right now smallest one I've got is 2G






---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Josh Glover <[email protected]>
Date: Jul 18, 2007 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [belenix-discuss] hdinstaller
To: Gurpreet Singh <gsbhamra at gmail.com>
Cc: belenix-discuss at opensolaris.org

On 19/07/07, Gurpreet Singh <gsbhamra at gmail.com> wrote:

> My first poke at opensolaris, live cd is great but obviously slow.

Which LiveCD did you use?

> Is there an ETA as to when the hdinstaller script will be fixed.
>
> Or, atleast how to get the system boot after the hdinstaller has been run.

I booted up on the BeleniX 32 bit LiveCD as detailed here:

http://jmglov.blogspot.com/2007/07/opensolaris-journal-i-belenix-livecd.html

Running /usr/bin/hdinstaller in a KTerm allowed me to install to the
hard drive, as per:

http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Belenix_FAQ#How_do_I_install_BeleniX_to_harddisk_.3F

I repartitioned my whole disk to one Solaris partition, and then used
auto layout for the rest (selecting slices for swap, /usr and /opt).
Let GRUB install to the MBR, set my root password, and then the system
rebooted off the hard drive into BeleniX.

I'll try to write a quick OpenSol journal on this soon.

> I've searched google for clues as to how to fix, but all I could find is
> multiple page listing the error but no solution that would work :(

So when you get an error, please post the exact output if possible.
That way, people know what is going wrong and can help.

--
Cheers,
Josh
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