On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Zeke wrote: >> Are you sure your hardware is working without >> problems? >> I would first check the RAM with memtest86+ >> http://www.memtest.org/ > > I'll give this a shot tonight when I get home. I believe that Ubuntu liveCDs > have a memtest boot option on them, if not I've got a Memtest disc somewhere. > I'll run it at least 24h and let you know how it goes.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ has memtest86. IMHO you have some serious hardware issue(s) with this system. OpenSolaris tends to push the underlying system hardware pretty hard. I've seen systems fail to install (Open)Solaris - while they installed and ran other OSes just fine. In one case, where a system failed to load Solaris, I advised the OP to remove the CPU fan from the CPU cooler and visually inspect if there was a layer of dust restricting airflow over the heatsink [1]. This turned out to be the issue - and after removing all the crap from the heatsink, he was able to load Solaris just fine. A similar issue, when the CPU fan is 2+ years old, is that the fan bearings are foobarred and the fan slows down when the heatsink starts to warn up. In this case, when you pop the side cover off, everything appears to be working just fine. Ten minutes later, *after* you've replaced the covers, the fan slows down to almost nothing and your system starts to "mis-behave". Recommendation: replace the CPU cooler fan assembly if its 2 years or older. PS: For a long time, the AMD factory coolers were completely un-reliable. And the very thin spacing between the heatsink fins nicely facilitated the capture and buildup of a layer of dust. I always recommend replacement of older AMD factory coolers with Zalman (www.zalmanusa.com) parts. Email me offlist if you want specific part recommendations. On older systems I recommend the Zalman passive copper heatsink (CNPS6000-Cu) in conjunction with the (fan bracket) FB123 with one or more 92mm (Zalman) fans. [1] you *must* remove the fan to do the inspection. You can't see the thin layer of crap with the fan in place. >> How many megabytes of RAM do you have on this PC? >> Can you get any other operating system, like Ubuntu >> to work ok on this hardware? > > It's got 1GB of RAM, and Solaris is the first OS I've installed on this > particular system. I ran an Ubuntu LiveCD and did notice some instability > while attempting to install some extra packages (was trying to get a JDK > installed to run the Solaris driver tool) though, so maybe it is the RAM. > >> I think it would be useful to know which chipset and >> hence driver you are using to connect the sata drives. >> I would guess it's the AHCI driver. >> See this link to see how I answered this question for >> my system: >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2007 >> -May/040562.html > > Again, I'll take a look at this when I get home. I strongly suspect that it > is indeed the AHCI driver. > Regards, Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
