> I am trying to install OS on an Intel-based system.
> I am using a Celeron 440 on a DQ45EK board (Q45
> chipset).
...
> I tried to install via the 2009.06 USB image, as well
> as the snv_127 ISO image. In both instances, grub
> will load and I am able to make a boot selection, but
> after the kernel/copyright banner loads the system
> will lock up.
Should be the same issue that was reported in the
following thread:
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=100709&tstart=1
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=376064#376064
Solaris' gets confused by the pci device ids ('pci8086,1004' )
assigned by Intel for this chipset / mainboard, and is binding
the wrong intel gigabit ethernet driver "e1000g" to almost
every intel pci device in that system.
This breaks usb controller and intel video support - that's
why you see no more output on the vga text console, it
gets redirected to the serial port console.
A workaround was to create a custom modified opensolaris
livecd that has the problematic 'pci8086,1004' -> 'e1000g'
driver binding entry removed in the CD's /etc/driver_aliases
file:
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=376095#376095
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