Hello, I would like to get OpenSolaris running on an e326m I picked up. (It runs Debian just fine, but I plan to build a file server and want to use ZFS.) I'm having problems getting the 2009.06 livecd to boot, however. When I start it, no matter what option I pick in the Grub menu the system eventually hangs at the copyright notice. (IE, blank screen, with SunOS Release 5.11 Version snv_111b 64-bit... displayed.) I did try the 2008.11 livecd, though the GUI wouldn't work properly - the screen would be garbled and the mouse wouldn't work. I was able to boot it into the text console, but there doesn't seem to be away to do an install from here (some Google searching seems to have confirmed this).
I did find something online about Solaris switching to the serial console if it can't pick up the graphics hardware properly, which I guess could explain the 2009.06 version seeming to hang. I don't have a serial cable handy, so I can't verify this. To add to the problems this machine has Broadcom NICs in it, which don't get picked up during the install (otherwise I'd just stick them on my network and let them get a DHCP address, SSH in with X forwarding and run the installer from another machine). I tried booting the 2008.11 livecd and installing the Broadcom drivers, but the install failed (as reported after running pkgadd), and though the cards were picked up they couldn't get an IP. This machine is supposed to be supported according to the Solaris HCL, and I've seen a few things on the forums about other people running it. What has worked? Is there some Grub option you can use to keep it from redirecting to the serial console? Thanks for any info. I'm comfortable in a Unix environment; most of my familiarity is with Linux/*BSD, and this is my first big project involving Opensolaris, so I'm still getting a feel for things. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
