Hi - yes, the BIOS is newest available - 'A15'. The only concert I have is mechanism called 'Intel MEBx' -> 'Intel Management Engine BIOS Extention'. Available on main-board of this DELL... There is 'check mark' to disable it (?) - but that not helped.
However - previously I installed/tested on this PC: 'Debian', 'TrueBSD', 'LinuxMint' - all installations/boots not caused problems... Trying 'OI' boot/install - up to now - failed... With ~4 different boot media (2 x USB and 2 x DVD). Maybe someone tried to install 'OI' on this or similar machine and have some advice...? Rgds... D. On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 21:30, Tim Mooney <tim.moo...@ndsu.edu> wrote: > In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Failed (?) boot/set-up on DELL...: > > > Hi - OK. Checked with ‘txt‘ DVD option - result the same. > > Also tryied with USB ‘txt’ boot option - also no booting... > > That's unexpected. I don't have a 780 that I can try, though I did > just try an Optiplex 7010 and the USB txt booted there (but only in BIOS > mode, not in UEFI mode). The 7010 is perhaps 3-4 years newer than the > 780, though, so it's not a great comparison. > > From what I can see online, the Optiplex 780 is from 2010 and comes with > either a Core 2 Duo, a Core 2 Quad, or a Core 2 Celeron. All of those > should be 64 bit capable, which is a requirement for modern OpenIndiana. > > About all I can suggest is checking to see if the BIOS version is A15, > which appears to be the latest for the 780. If not, try upgrading to > that version to see if it makes a difference. > > > See - screen. > > Is that any command I can input after the prompt ‘boot:‘ displayed...??? > > You can enable verbose boot via the menu, though depending on where the > boot is failing that might not display any additional information. > > Others that know the loader better may have ideas for things to try. The > output from > > lsdev > > and possibly the output from > > show > > might be useful to them (or not). > > Tim > -- > Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu > Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure / > Division of Information Technology / 701-231-1076 (Voice) > North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
