[install-discuss] Install hangs at "detecting disks" - OS 2008.05 on Dell D800 laptop

[jan damborsky]

Hi John,


John Johnson wrote:
> When trying to install OpenSolaris 2008.05 on my Dell D800 laptop, the 
> installation gets as far as "detecting disks" and hangs.  Booting from the 
> 'Live CD' doesn't see the hard drive, either.

When you boot from LiveCD, is your drive recognized by either iostat(1M) 
or format(1M)
commands ?

Try

# iostat -En

or

# format -e

Thank you,
Jan