Kyle McDonald wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Are we going to add a menu item for this? >>> >>> It's pretty standard fare for distributions to have a "safe boot" or >>> "text boot" option. >>> >> >> Already done in RC2 to work around the lack of a direct escape key of >> some sort (which is the preferred answer, to be implemented soon). >> > I just noticed that rc2 was out. Figures... right after I DL and install > rc1b.... > > Oh well. > > I saw the .USB files and thought I'd try those out... but I can't seem > to find any info on what to do with them once you download them. What am > I missing? >
The announcement mail which went out a little later points you at the usbcopy tool needed to put them on the USB stick. Dave > -Kyle > >> Dave >> >>> mary ding wrote: >>>> Kyle: >>>> >>>> Need to do this to edit the grub menu: >>>> >>>> splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm - need to use d >>>> foreground d25f00 - need to use d >>>> background 115d93" lines - need to use d >>>> and remove ",console=graphics" in kernel$ line from the GRUB menu - >>>> need to use e >>>> >>>> After that, hit return and use "b", this works for me. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dave Miner wrote: >>>>> Kyle McDonald wrote: >>>>>> Ok so I tried some things... >>>>>> >>>>>> I tried using grub to edit the boot options, I: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) removed the 'console=graphical' entirely - still get the >>>>>> graphical boot. >>>>>> 2) changed 'graphical' to 'text' - Screen gets all whacked out >>>>>> (all sorts of short blue and orange horizontal lines) >>>>>> 3) got rid of the foreground, background, and splash lines - no >>>>>> effect that I can see. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to add -kv next. >>>>>> >>>>>> What else should I try? >>>>>> >>>>> Both #1 and #3 above together ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -Kyle >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Kyle McDonald wrote: >>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Booting from the CD went fine. >>>>>>> Installing went without error. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When I rebooted, grub came up fine, and I chose the 1 menu option >>>>>>> present. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I really liked the new artwork, and the graphical boot is nice, >>>>>>> but I've been sitting here 10 minutes or more, and the graphical >>>>>>> boot is still covering the screen, and the little orange line is >>>>>>> still going back and forth. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What could it be doing? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How can I figure out what it *is* doing? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Kyle >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
