Holger: How much memory the system had ?
There are a couple of possibilities when you run into this error. 1. How much Memory does your system had ? If it had 512 MB of Memory, then you probably run into the following bugid: 6512362 1 1 Install hangs on systems with 512 MB of memory in snv_55a even after 6423854 is integrated. Workaround is use option #4 with the text option. 2. If the system had at least 768 MB of memory, then you might run into this bugid: 6227829 - some optical drives do not behave well with DMA enabled on systems with CSB5 The symptoms were similar and if you try to install on a system with this kind of optical drive, it does not work and fails as follow: [...] Setting up Java. Please wait... ERROR: Can't find windowing software, exiting to shell # Can you try the following workaround and see whether this fixes your problem: For a GRUB based system (nevada/S11), at the grub boot screen, "e"dit the default entry, "e"dit the kernel...multiboot line, append -B atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0 Make sure you hit RETURN to save the entry. This change will only be remembered for the current boot cycle. If you wish to make the change persistant, you need to edit the grub memu.lst file (see bootadm list-menu and friends) If this fixes your problem, it will be good if you can run cdrw -l and get the Drive information. Holger Burde wrote: > Hi; > > I tried to install Opensolaris on a dual PIII Server (NEC) from DVD with no > success. The same box had run older Versions (4?) - installed from CDROM > without any Problems. This week i replaced the CROM with a DVD Drive to save > some install time and got this : > > Error: Cannot find windowing software, ...... > > regardless which install Option i use. I tried B51 and B55. Any Idea what > may can cause this ? Any Workarounds ? > > PS Since i use Solaris on a 2nd Box (DVD Install) - i wont like to switch > back to CD Installs - (double download + longer install time). > > thx in advance, > > hb > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Mary Ding _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ Member of Technical Staff _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ UMPK17-307 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Menlo Park, CA. 94043 _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ mary.ding at Eng.Sun.COM 650-786-8317 (phone) M I C R O S Y S T E M S --------------------------------------------------------------------
