Okay - this was an ordeal but I got another USB stick, and, it works! So, I can only assume for whatever reason oi / osol will not boot from the CD/DVD drive in that particular laptop. Next issue is with an external monitor. I'll create a new topic for that.
Thanks to all that offered assistance. I'm excited to have it working now. :-) On 23 December 2010 00:00, Andrew Myers <am2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just tested and found the same behavior in solaris express 11 also > > On Wednesday, 22 December 2010, Andrew Myers <am2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That was the conclusion I came to also. >> >> I've since tried using a USB just in case that works. It just hangs >> at a GRUB prompt. I'm preparing another one just in case. >> >> Really frustrating, but I will keep trying, there must be a way to >> work out what's happening. :-) >> >> In the meantime I have VirtualBox ;-) >> >> On 22 December 2010 00:50, Volker A. Brandt <v...@bb-c.de> wrote: >>> Andrew Myers writes: >>>> Same message unfortunately. It's also saying (after logging in to >>>> maintenance mode): >>>> >>>> -bash: /usr/sbin/quota: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> -bash: /bin/mail: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> -bash: /usr/bin/hostname: No such file or directory >>> Not good. Looks like your root filesystem never got mounted properly. >>> >>> >>> Regards -- Volker >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris >>> Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ >>> Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Email: v...@bb-c.de >>> Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 >>> Geschäftsführer: Rainer J. H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >>> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >> > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
