(Adding install community.)
The "common" laptop from Solaris engineering is a Ferrari 3200/3400,
but we're actively getting a wider variety to help with
exactly situations like this.
I recently (within the last month) installed a Solaris Express
build (the Developer Edition from 02/07, aka 55b, I think), on
a Thinkpad x60 from an external USB-attached DVD.
Not sure what to make of the hang...if you're sure that
you got a good burn on the DVD.
Eric
jerome moliere wrote:
Hi all,
as a Java addicted man, tired of Linux dummies, I'd like to install
Solaris Express on my Laptop (acer ferrari 1000)... Someone told me that
Sun developpers had these laptops but I have some doubts..
It seems that this solaris is shipped with an old/buggy version of grub
which doesn't support booting on external USB devices (CD-ROM)...
Acer dvd-rom is a firewire 1394 so not usable for booting.. I don't see
how to manage to run the install..So any help welcome...
I 've succeeded in running this installation on a desktop machine after
retrieving an old internal DVD reader ... Can't reproduce this with my
laptop..
In my current configuration grub just hangs a few seconds after
booting... (tryied with all distributions available
benelix/nexenta/solaris express..)
My BIOS is up to date (revision 10) no later revision available on acer
website...
Cheers
Jerome
PS:
very frustated by this situation
--
Eric J. Ray
Software Engineering Manager
Solaris Install
Sun Microsystems
303-223-7843 (direct)/x81067
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