Hi Jan, I was using build 74. I looked at the bugid and the symptoms are same!
I'll ask the student to try out build 75. Thanx a lot. ~Kini On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:33 +0200, jan damborsky wrote: }Hi Jayakara, } } }Jayakara Kini wrote: }> I was trying to install Solaris on a student's laptop with LightScribe DVD }> drive. }> It started giving the menus, but then gave up saying no DVD drive found. I }> don't remember the exact error message. }> } }Could you please provide more information about behavior you encountered ? }Which version of Solaris are you trying to install - Developer Express Edition }(build 70b) or other release ? }Which menus did you actually see ? Were you able to boot to the GRUB ? In which }point did }the boot process fail ? What error message did you exactly see ? } }If you are using Solaris Express Edition based on build 73 or 74, you might be }hitting following issue: } }http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6600169 } }The fix is delivered in build 75. } }> Another student told me that he had tried installing Solaris on a couple of }> other laptops with LightScribe DVD drives and it had failed as well. }> }> The installation went through fine after connecting an external DVD }> (non-lightscribe) drive to the same laptop. }> }> Is lightscribe DVD drives supported for installing Solaris? If not, is there }> a plan to support them? }> } }Unfortunately I have no LightScribe DVD at hand, so I can't verify right now, }but I would say that in general }there is no reason why these DVD drives wouldn't be suitable for installation. } }Best regards, }Jan } }> Regards, }> Kini }> This message posted from opensolaris.org }> _______________________________________________ }> install-discuss mailing list }> install-discuss at opensolaris.org }> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss }> } } -- Sun Microsystems - India Engineering Centre http://blogs.sun.com/jkini +91-80-66927479
