anyone here installed solaris 10?

[lodore]

Hello,
im trying to install solaris 10 but so far unsuccessfully.
in a virtual machine it gets to the extracting windowing system and then seems to get stuck even if i leave it for ages.
on my old pc pentium 3 256mb of ram it gets to:
sun release 5.10 generic _127128-11 32bit
then copy right information for two lines then a blinking cursor
any ideas?

i have installed quite a few unix/linux distros but this one doesnt seem to want to install...

opensolaris installs fine but i wanna install solaris 10.

[iceni60]

i looked it up and with that kernel patch you need to do the install in single user mode otherwise it might not install at all! it looks like a lot of people have had trouble getting that kernel to install and boot.

here are some links i found -
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisx86/message/46315
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-127128-11-1
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10340834
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10316085

this is the name of the kernel patch i looked up -
127128-11

the 'sun release 5.10 generic _127128-11 32bit' sounds like the kernel, so it looks like it's failing when it tries to load the kernel.

[iceni60]

i think i found a solution by editting the boot options

when you get to the boot loader (grub) hit the letter e to edit the boot options. you might need to press Esc first. then when you are in the edit mode for grub use the arrow keys to go to the kernel line, it might be called something like - 5.10 generic _127128-11 and have kernel written at the beginning of the line, i'm not sure i haven't used that OS, and add -kd to the end of that line (you might need to press e again first??) then press esc, or ctrl-c, or enter (i'm not sure which!) to leave editting grub and press b to start the boot process again. then -

-when kmdb loads, type
[0]> cmi_no_init/W1
[0]> :c

i got the answer from here, post 9 in this thread -
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10238973#10238973

i just found this thread too with the same sounding solution -
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.solaris/browse_thread/thread/95218cba2b5942c2?fwc=1
-{ Quote: "You need to invoke kmdb at boot and patch the system...

Select the appropriate grub entry and type 'e' to edit it.
Select the kernel line and type 'e' to edit it.
Append -kd to cause kmdb to load and take control and hit return.
Type 'b' to boot. kmdb will take over control when it loads.
Issue the command "cmi_no_init/W1" to kmdb to patch cmi_no_init to a 1.
Issue the command ":c" to kmdb to continue running Solaris.

You should now be able to install the system.

You will need to do the same again to boot the installed system
for the first time.

When it's booted, add the following line to /etc/system:

set cpu\.generic:gcpu_legacy_cpu_support=1

and recreate the boot archive (not sure if necessary, but harmless):

bootadm update-archive -f

It should work OK then on. " }-

[lodore]

Hey,
thanks.
i will try those instructions tomorrow and tell you how i get on.

[iceni60]

ok. i think it will work. i was looking at some of the bugs and i saw this -
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6617465

it says -
The easiest way to boot an affected system was:

- boot under kmdb (add -kd to the unix line in the grub menu)

i don't know what the 'unix line' is ??? but if it doesn't work and you see a line beginning with 'unix' in the grub menu try adding the -kd option at the end of that line.

[lodore]

-{ Quote: "ok. i think it will work. i was looking at some of the bugs and i saw this -
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6617465

it says -
The easiest way to boot an affected system was:

- boot under kmdb (add -kd to the unix line in the grub menu)

i don't know what the 'unix line' is ??? but if it doesn't work and you see a line beginning with 'unix' in the grub menu try adding the -kd option at the end of that line." }-

managed to add the -kd to the unix line then pressed b to boot.
it booted under kmdb
i typed
cmi_no_init/W1
then typed
:c
i get an errror. see below
warning failed to decompress CTF data for hook: failed to decompress CTF data
then it goes to a cursor and wont continue.

i want to get as far as possible but dont think i will be able to install on my old pc. needs 512mb minimum lol.

when i tryed to install it in virtualbox before it seemed to get stuck on extracting windowing system. so done a console text install insteead and its working fine so far.

[iceni60]

so you got it running after installing from the console?

[lodore]

-{ Quote: "so you got it running after installing from the console?" }-
on the virtual machine ye.
couldnt get the install to install on my old dell.
it does seem very slow...
btw opensolaris is sunOS release 5.11 so its slightly ahead.
gonna try to install opensolaris on my old dell and see if that works.
wonder if its normally as slow as it is in the virtual machine.