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List:       opensolaris-install-discuss
Subject:    Re: [install-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.11 fails to boot on USB disk
From:       Sean Liu <seantempus () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2008-12-19 1:58:17
Message-ID: 415878.69589.qm () web30608 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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Dave,

a. I already installed the binary from bug 4755 (see step 3&5), with no success. 
b. Also from 'cdrecord -scabus' output the disk shows as "disk" instead of \
"removealbe disk", so chances are this is not the same as bug 4755 c. This issue does \
not give me GRUB menu at all, only stalls after displaying "GRUB" on the screen.

Thanks,

Sean

--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Dave Miner <dminer@opensolaris.org> wrote:

> From: Dave Miner <dminer@opensolaris.org>
> Subject: Re: [install-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.11 fails to boot on USB disk
> To: "Sean Liu" <seantempus@yahoo.com>
> Cc: install-discuss@opensolaris.org, "Indiana Discuss" \
>                 <indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 1:35 PM
> Sean Liu wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > Since my SATA controller is not supported by
> OpenSolaris, I downloaded the usb image from genunix and
> copied to a USB stick, then used the stick to install it to
> a Western Digital USB disk partition. (I installed
> opensolaris 2008.5 to the partition on a dell laptop before
> and it worked fine BTW)
> > 
> > 1. After the installation, the disk would not boot at
> all (nothing shows on the screen)
> > 2. I booted up the stick and installed grub to the
> disk (with -m option), after reboot the screen shows
> "GRUB" then stops, there is no menu at all.
> > 3. After reading this message
> https://www.opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=311082
> , I did following:
> > a. zero'ed out the whole partition (s2) with
> "dd"
> > b. reinstalled opensolaris 2008.11
> > 4. After reboot, nothing shows on screen again
> > 5. Booted into stick, downloaded the grub binary
> attachment, installed the grub ( with -m ), reboot, same
> sympton as step 2. (Only GRUB on screen, nothing else)
> > 
> ...
> > 
> > Any ideas why it can't boot? Any help is
> appreciated.
> > 
> 
> Take a look at bug 4755:
> 
> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4755
> 
> which has some additional possible workarounds.
> 
> Dave


      
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