Thanks for the suggestion, Jim. Besides the SmartOS latest, I tried the following images and oi-hipster-minimal-201610 : (still exactly the same problem!) - smartos-20161013 - smartos-20160707 - smartos-20160330 - smartos-20151224
Isn't the problem specific to Ryzen CPU? If not, wouldn't it have been identified earlier? On 20-Sep-2017 14:03, "Jim Klimov" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >------------------------------------------ > >illumos-discuss > >Archives: > >https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/ > Tb342e2cdbf33d692-M22b13b2cb45add8081632a41 > >Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com > > 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-M4d1e76b8bd13e975772a12a8 Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com
