[OpenIndiana-discuss] oi will not load

2012-01-18 Thread Bob Palank
Tested the iso and the checksums matched - so a good file. I think Running Virtual box (4.1.8) under XP Pro SP3 GRUB shows the first of seven items highlighted and I press enter. Seven dots appear and nothing more. Within VirtualBox OpenSolaris and OpenSUSE both run as expected What sh

[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Boot Fails

2012-02-03 Thread Bob Palank
Running Virtual Box on XP Pro SP3 machine with 512 MB. Execution stops and I see the attached screenshot. VB general information dialog shows Operating system as Solaris and the version is Oracle Solaris 10 5/09 and earlier. What should I do? Bob ___

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Won't start

2012-09-13 Thread Bob Palank
Running XP Pro SP3 w Virtual Box 4.1.22. OI goes through the startup process, shows the blue screen with the logo and I see the black mouse pointer which I can move. After ten minutes the cd load indicator is still flashing and I see no icons - just the logo. Suggestions? Bob ___

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Wont start - Resolved

2012-09-14 Thread Bob Palank
Thanks for the fast reply (jsowoc) You asked: A) what version of OI are you trying to run? oi-dev-151a-x86.iso B) what do you have set as the OS type? Microsoft Windows Ver Windows XP C) how much memory have you allocated to the machine? 579MB D) have you tried it more than once? No but I reset my

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Using a USB 20 device

2012-09-15 Thread Bob Palank
Are there specific directions as to how to read/write data on a USB 2.0 jump drive? XP sees it and VBox also sees it but OI doesn't. If I need to mount it, are there specific directions? I've looked at general Linux directions and I fail. Bob ___ OpenI

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Mount USB Drive

2012-09-16 Thread Bob Palank
at openindiana-discuss-ow...@openindiana.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of OpenIndiana-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: HFS+ (Apple file system) read/write support on Illumos -- interest levels? (Jerry Kemp) 2. Us

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Using a USB 20 device NOT

2012-09-17 Thread Bob Palank
: HFS+ (Apple file system) read/write support on Illumos -- interest levels? (Ray Arachelian) 2. Re: HFS+ (Apple file system) read/write support on Illumos -- interest levels? (Jean-Pierre Andr?) 3. Re: Using a USB 20 device (Nathan Kunkee) 4. Re: Mount USB Drive (Bob Palank) 5. Op

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Can't Acccess USB 20 Jump Drive

2012-09-19 Thread Bob Palank
No luck yet! I'm running oi under VBox under XP Pro SP3 and I think it runs as fast as XP on my Compaq Presario V5000. I've tested other distros and both run slow so I'd like to stick with oi. I want to use a jump drive for R/W data storage but oi can't see the jump drive. If I can get it to wo

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Run OpenOffice

2013-02-23 Thread Bob Palank
Oi is working just fine and my interactive storage device is a USB which is adequate. I'm using Oi through VBox under XP Pro SP3. I would like to setup and load Open Office to run under Oi from my USB drive Is this possible? Any specific directions ? TIA Bob _