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List:       opensolaris-bugs
Subject:    Re: [osol-bugs] 2009.06 live cd fails on opteron 285 server
From:       Trev <herisson300 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2009-07-02 13:36:15
Message-ID: 1055404339.641246567005344.JavaMail.Twebapp () sf-app1
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Just an update. Installing 2009.06 via AI behaves in exactly the same
way as the Live CD install.

BTW: Installing via AI on Xeon hardware (IBM X3650) (using default manifests), with \
the DHCP DNS tweak, results in an apparently working system but no gdm console login \
on the monitor. Is this normal behaviour for default AI ? are we still missing \
something ? Did find some discussion on changing the grub menu.lst to graphic, \
doesn't make much sense since opensolaris with xvm boots in text mode in menu.lst but \
still launches gdm console login.

Another question: Why does AI download over 1G of package data from
the IPS repository only to install 250M ?  

> Hi,
> 
> new here, so go gentle.  Flush with the results
> of configuring and installing 
> 009.06 on a couple of Xeon based machines ( apart
> from
> some tape drive recognition issues due to an
> unsupported Adaptec scsi card 
> (on going)), thought we'd try and install on the
> following hardware (was running vmware esxi server):
> 
> supermicro h8sdr-8 (broadcom serverworks ht2000/1000
> chipset), 
> on board adaptec AIC7902 scsi
> ATI RageXL 8MB on board Graphics
> 8G ddr 400 sdram
> 2x opteron 285 dual cores
> 
> live cd boots, gets the grub menu, posts the sun
> license bumf, outputs some log
> stuff, finishing with
> 
> syncing file systems done ...
> 
> then abruptly reboots. 
> 
> text console mode behaves identically.
> 
> we've tried burning another cd (same problem),
> flashing to the latest bios (same problem). 
> 
> SCE snv_112 hangs at the Sun license stuff  ...
> 
> opensolaris 2008.05 bombs (didn't make a note of
> which stage)
> 
> Machine boots solaris 10 x86 flawlessly (apart from
> an error message 
> about some missing microcode patch - the reasoning
> behind flashing
> the mb bios - went away after flash) (Generic
> 127128-11 32bit if it helps)
> 
> urprising all this, since some of the older sunfire
> machines use similar
> hardware i believe.
> 
> Anyone ? Any ideas ?
> 
> herisson
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