Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-07 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 7. Feb 2021, at 20:20, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-02-07 01:48, Toomas Soome wrote: >>> On 7. Feb 2021, at 09:04, Chris wrote: >>> On 2021-02-06 13:36, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-06 00:56, Toomas Soome wrote: >> On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:41, Chris wrote: >> On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-07 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-07 01:48, Toomas Soome wrote: On 7. Feb 2021, at 09:04, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-06 13:36, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-06 00:56, Toomas Soome wrote: On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:41, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: On 5. Feb 2021, at 19

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-07 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 7. Feb 2021, at 09:04, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-02-06 13:36, Chris wrote: >> On 2021-02-06 00:56, Toomas Soome wrote: On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:41, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris wrote: > On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: >>> On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-06 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-06 13:36, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-06 00:56, Toomas Soome wrote: On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:41, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 1

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-06 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-06 00:56, Toomas Soome wrote: On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:41, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 0

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-06 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:44, Joshua M. Clulow via openindiana-discuss > wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 at 15:40, Chris wrote: >>> Thanks for taking the time to reply, Toomas! :-) >> OK we have a winner! Thanks to some advice from Toomas: >> adding: console=text to /boot/conf.d/console >> which

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-06 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 6. Feb 2021, at 01:41, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris wrote: >> On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: >> On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: >> On 2021-01-30 00:03, Tooma

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-05 15:44, Joshua M. Clulow via openindiana-discuss wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 at 15:40, Chris wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to reply, Toomas! :-) OK we have a winner! Thanks to some advice from Toomas: adding: console=text to /boot/conf.d/console which I later moved to /boot/loa

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Joshua M. Clulow via openindiana-discuss
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 at 15:40, Chris wrote: > > Thanks for taking the time to reply, Toomas! :-) > OK we have a winner! Thanks to some advice from Toomas: > adding: console=text to /boot/conf.d/console > which I later moved to /boot/loader.conf.local (console="text") > followed by commenting the con

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-05 14:16, Chris wrote: On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 00:03, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-05 13:46, Toomas Soome wrote: On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 00:03, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 5. Feb 2021, at 19:54, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: >>> On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: >>> On 2021-01-30 00:03, Toomas Soome wrote: > On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: > On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Chris
On 2021-01-30 02:28, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-30 00:03, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:43, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29 17:18, And

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-05 Thread Chris
On 2021-02-01 05:38, Tony Brian Albers wrote: On 01/30/21 02:02 AM, Chris wrote: OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM as I could jam in it. BIOS: boot UEFI SATA ahci I've tried 2 different Nvidia cards, as well as the intermal vid

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-02-01 Thread Tony Brian Albers
On 01/30/21 02:02 AM, Chris wrote: > OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf > with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM > as I could jam in it. > BIOS: > boot UEFI > SATA ahci > I've tried 2 different Nvidia cards, as well as the > intermal video. The results are the same; > 2

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 1/30/21 9:54 AM, John D Groenveld wrote: Is anyone here free to explain why nVidia still provides its binaries for OpenSolaris and how much longer its obligated to provide that support? Do they actually claim to support OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana? I thought they just provided binaries for S

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <20210130173642.ga17...@imap.fastmail.com>, Gary Mills writes: >Also correct. I believe that Aurelien is working on the DRM driver. >I will be happier when that is ported and working. +1. Is anyone here free to explain why nVidia still provides its binaries for OpenSolaris and how muc

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Judah Richardson
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 08:22 Gary Mills wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 08:19:16AM +0200, Toomas Soome via > openindiana-discuss wrote: > > > > > On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:57, Gary Mills wrote: > > > > > > The loader works in UEFI mode, but OI does not. Usually you are > > > offered a choice at bo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Lou Picciano
Others here, perhaps more ensconced on ‘demand’ side rather than supply… might do well to recognize/acknowledge, even - the depth of expertise/experience here. > On Jan 30, 2021, at 12:36 PM, Gary Mills wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 06:33:37PM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote: >> >> oh, well, i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Gary Mills
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 06:33:37PM +0200, Toomas Soome wrote: > > oh, well, in that case, the issue is not about OI not working in > UEFI mode (because it does), but the issue is that Xorg can not use > vesa driver when there is no vesa bios (which is perfectly good > reason). Also, having to run

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 30. Jan 2021, at 16:22, Gary Mills wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 08:19:16AM +0200, Toomas Soome via > openindiana-discuss wrote: >> >>> On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:57, Gary Mills wrote: >>> >>> The loader works in UEFI mode, but OI does not. Usually you are >>> offered a choice at boo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Gary Mills
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 08:19:16AM +0200, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: > > > On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:57, Gary Mills wrote: > > > > The loader works in UEFI mode, but OI does not. Usually you are > > offered a choice at boot time. Chose BIOS mode. > > What you mean by “OI does n

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 30. Jan 2021, at 10:39, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-01-30 00:03, Toomas Soome wrote: >>> On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: >>> On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: > On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:43, Chris wrote: > On 2021-01-29 17:18, Andy Fiddaman wrote:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Chris
On 2021-01-30 00:03, Toomas Soome wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:43, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29 17:18, Andy Fiddaman wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Chris wrote: ; OK just dragged a Dell Optip

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-30 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 30. Jan 2021, at 09:40, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: >>> On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:43, Chris wrote: >>> On 2021-01-29 17:18, Andy Fiddaman wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Chris wrote: ; OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the she

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Chris
On 2021-01-29 22:24, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss wrote: On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:43, Chris wrote: On 2021-01-29 17:18, Andy Fiddaman wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Chris wrote: ; OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf ; with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM ; as I

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:43, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-01-29 17:18, Andy Fiddaman wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Chris wrote: >> ; OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf >> ; with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM >> ; as I could jam in it. >> ; BIOS: >> ; boot UEFI >> ;

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:57, Gary Mills wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote: >> OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf >> with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM >> as I could jam in it. >> BIOS: >> boot UEFI > > You can't do that. You have

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss
> On 30. Jan 2021, at 06:52, Chris wrote: > > On 2021-01-29 17:57, Gary Mills wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote: >>> OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf >>> with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM >>> as I could jam in it. >>> BIOS: >>>

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Chris
On 2021-01-29 17:57, Gary Mills wrote: On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote: OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM as I could jam in it. BIOS: boot UEFI You can't do that. You have to boot OI in BIOS mode. The

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Chris
On 2021-01-29 17:57, Gary Mills wrote: On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote: OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM as I could jam in it. BIOS: boot UEFI You can't do that. You have to boot OI in BIOS mode. The

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Gary Mills
On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote: > OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf > with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM > as I could jam in it. > BIOS: > boot UEFI You can't do that. You have to boot OI in BIOS mode. The loader works in UEFI mode, but OI

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Chris
On 2021-01-29 17:18, Andy Fiddaman wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Chris wrote: ; OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf ; with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM ; as I could jam in it. ; BIOS: ; boot UEFI ; SATA ahci ; I've tried 2 different Nvidia cards, as well as the ; i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Andy Fiddaman
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, Chris wrote: ; OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf ; with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM ; as I could jam in it. ; BIOS: ; boot UEFI ; SATA ahci ; I've tried 2 different Nvidia cards, as well as the ; intermal video. The results are the same; ; 2

[OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

2021-01-29 Thread Chris
OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM as I could jam in it. BIOS: boot UEFI SATA ahci I've tried 2 different Nvidia cards, as well as the intermal video. The results are the same; 2.5 minutes to get to the OI banner/boot options. An