1.For some reason, when I tried to install Solaris
onto my machine it kept freezing at the subsystem
boot screen.I read a post in the forums re:
freezing during boot and the advice was to disable
the onboard USB in the BIOS which works for my
situation too.my problem now is how do I
3. my PCI sound card isnt detected (Creative Audigy
Platinum)
Perhaps the audio drivers from http://tools.de/solaris/audio/ will work for
you.
Or try 4front's opensound.
4. does Solaris support dial up internet connection
or is it specifically configured for ethernet only?
Yes, Solaris