Let's start by running the Device Detection Tool and seeing what that reports:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp /Brian Miki wrote: > I downloaded Open 2009.6 and installed it on VM without any problems. I liked > it so wanted to have it on bare iron, but seems it won't boot on my computer. > The initial blue menu appears, I select first option and it tries to boot, > says copyright bu Sun Microsystems... smething something... and than hangs on > this line: > > [b]trap: Unknown trap type 8 in user mode[/b] > > No HDD or CD/DVD activity, I tried with VESA option (even that I knew that > this has nothing to do with graphics) but same thing happened. So I cannot > even boot live CD. > > My hardware is: > > Asus P5Q-E > Q9650 @ 3Ghz > 8Gb of RAM > GeForce 8800GT > 1 SATA and one ATA DVD-RW, tried with both > 160GB ExcelStor SATA HDD with Windoze on it (MBR) > 1TB Seagate 7200.12 with OS X and linux on it (GPT) > > > Please help, really liked OpenSolaris in VBox, don't want to give up. > -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory
