Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2010-01-06 Thread Bede Carroll
Hrmm. That is a bit unfortunate then. At the time what attracted me was the many 3.5" HDD bays and it being the only server at the time in the HP lineup with that configuration. Unfortunately this one is pretty new and still has a three year care pack left on it so I'm pretty much stuck with it.

Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2010-01-06 Thread Rob Healey
DL320s is a WEIRD beast... Strange BIOS, whacky motherboard. Get a DL180 series instead. To your question: The DVD drive on the DL320s is attached via USB; weird. Solaris of ANY sort can't drive the bizzare USB controller on this beast, I've been waiting for YEARS for someone in Solarisland to

Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2010-01-06 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Bede, According to the HCL, your HP is certified for Solaris 10, but it says nothing about OpenSolaris: * http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/details/33095.html * http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/details/33096.html But as a certified Solaris 10 machine, I would l

Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2010-01-06 Thread Bede Carroll
Just a quick semi related question on this but do the Sun/OpenSolaris support contracts cover this kind of thing? Because at this point I can't even get OpenSolaris installed so I'm wondering if it would be something worth buying? Thanks for the help Bede -- This message posted from opensolari

Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2009-12-31 Thread Anon Y Mous
Try following the instructions at this link: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/boot_into_single_user_mode to edit the $kernel line in the GRUB menu but with one difference. Where, in the instructions at the blogs.sun.com link where they added this parameter to the $kernel line: -s

Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2009-12-31 Thread ?????? ???????
It wouldn't hurt if you post screen-shots and system specifications. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

[osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2009-12-29 Thread Bede Carroll
Hi all I'm new to OpenSolaris and I'm having trouble installing the OS on one of my servers. The server is a HP DL320s with an Intel dual core CPU and a P400 RAID controller. When the LiveCD (the latest release version) gets to the GRUB loader no matter which option I select it starts booting a