On September 20, 2017 10:03:05 AM GMT+02:00, Ganapathy S A <[email protected]> wrote: > > The following illumos distro failed to boot: > - SmartOS-20170913 failed with message "Error 28: Selected item cannot > fit > into memory > - OI-hipster-20170502 failed with message "No rootfs module provided, > aborting..." > - OmniOSce-r151022i failed with message "No rootfs module provided, > aborting..." > USB images used for all the three distro and each of the above boot > failure > happened when loading boot_archive! > > System config: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X, Crucial DDR4 16GB x1, Asus Prime > A320-MK, > Asus nVidia GT710 DDR3 1GB, Sandisk SSD 120GB. This system SSD booted > Windows and USB booted Linux Mint without any problem! > > Workarounds attempted in BIOS, but failed: > - updated to latest version > - enabled CPU virtualization > - enabled legacy boot support > - disabled Fast Boot > > Tried the SmartOS GRUB2 > <https://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Booting+SmartOS+from+GRUB2> > method > where "Error 28..." did not appear but system silently restarted after > "SunOS 5.11 ..." startup message! > > The same USB key (for all the distro) booted successfully in a Core i5 > laptop, though! Haven't tried iso booting since I don't have a DVD > drive. > Initially tried with SmartOS only and posted to smartos-list, then > thought > of giving other distros a try and problem seems to be with the kernel > (or > my system)?!. Hence posting here. Please have a look at the attached > camshots for more info. > > PS: I'm no kernel hacker but have a basic knowledge of Unix > environment. > Willing to test any test-images w.r.t. this problem, of course with > your > guidance :) > > Thanx, > Ganapathy
Just in case, do older releases based on Illumos grub-0.97 loader have similar issues? (Likely some from mid-2016, or the later omnios non-bloody)? Jim -- Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Android ------------------------------------------ illumos-discuss Archives: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/Tb342e2cdbf33d692-Mb7c571cb62854134a8868635 Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com
