> > > By the way: Is there a way to pull up a text-only interface from the log in > screen (or during the boot process?) without having to log in (or just sit > there reading about "SunOS Release 5.11 Version snv_86 64-bit")? It would be > nice if I could see a bit more information during boot, or if I didn't have > to use gnome if I just wanted to get at the CLI anyways... On some OSes, if > you want to access TTY1 through 6, you only need to press ESC during boot, > or CTRL + ALT + F1 through F6 (or something similar) during the login screen > to gain access to other non-GUI login screens... >
On SXDE/Solaris, there's a dropdown menu that lets you select what type of logon you'd like to use. I haven't touched 2008.11 so I have no idea if it's got similar. > > Anyway, after changing the setting back to [Native IDE], the machine boots > fine. And this time, the freeze-on-login bug didn't get me. Now, I know for > a fact this motherboard supports SATA II (see link to manufacturer's website > in earlier post), and that all 4 of these disks are _definitely_ SATA II > disks (see hardware specifications listed in one of my earliest posts), and > that I'm using all the right cables and everything... so, I don't know how > to explore this any further... > > Could it be that when I installed OpenSolaris, I was using the pci-ide (or > [Native IDE]) setting on my BIOS, and thus if I were to change it, > OpenSolaris might not know hot to handle that, and might refuse to boot? Or > that maybe OpenSolaris only installed the drivers it thought it would need, > and the stat-ahci one wasn't one of them? > Did you do a reboot reconfigure? "reboot -- -r" or "init 6"?
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