[geeks] Solaris 10 install on x86

[Scott Howard]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:51:16PM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I just tried again and wrote down the screen where it hangs.  It's
> actually still in the boot process.  The screen is gray background, dark
> text, and says:
> 
> 	SunOS Secondary Boot Version 4.02
> 
> 	    Solaris Booting System
> 
> 	Running Configuration Assistant...
> 
> After this screen shows, it hits the DVD twice briefly, and then nothing
> else happens.  It appears it's not even getting to the next stage of the
> boot at all.

That's well before it thinks about Windows or Java (it's still running
in real mode at that stage).

Try turning off anything special in the BIOS and see if that makes any
difference.

  Scott