Hi Dave,

Have you already tried the 1.01 BIOS?
Maybe this helps?
Greetz,
Ivan

"Dave (from the UK)"
wrote in message news:44748e6c@212.67.96.135...
>I don't know if this useful to anyone at Sun, or if anyone can how I might
>proceed.
>
> I have installed Solaris 10 1/06 on a homebuilt PC. This has a Tyan S2895
> (aka Thunder K8WE) Dual-Opteron motherboard (mine has the SCSI controller.
> model S2895UA2NRF) with a single Opteron 248 (I'll add another CPU later).
>
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html
>
> I've installed the latest (1.03) BIOS.
>
> Solaris 10 1/06 now works OK, although I need to sort out minor things.
>
> But I can't get it to boot with Solaris Express Build 33 or 36. I've tried
> both Build 33 and 36, but neither will work - it hangs. after this:
>
> SunOS Release 5.11 version snv_36
> 32-bit
> Copyright 1983-2006 Sun Microsystems Inc, All rights reserved.
> Use is subject to license terms.
> WARNING: Failed to program IO space [0/1/1] BAR@0x10 length 0x20
> Configuring devices.
> Warning kstat_create('pci_intrs', 1, config): namespace collision
> Warning kstat_create('pci_intrs', 2, config): namespace collision
> X
>
> X= character appears to rotate, but really made up of |, /, - and \.
>
> I've tried disabling everything in the BIOS that was not absolutely
> necessary, but still no joy.
>
> I'd like to look at the Solaris Express, but seems I am stuck on this.
>
> I believe the next general release is out next month. I guess there is a
> fair chance than will not boot on this PC.
>
> --
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>
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>
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In alt.solaris.x86 "Dave (from the UK)" wrote:
> I don't know if this useful to anyone at Sun, or if anyone can how I
> might proceed.
>
> I have installed Solaris 10 1/06 on a homebuilt PC. This has a Tyan
> S2895 (aka Thunder K8WE) Dual-Opteron motherboard (mine has the SCSI
> controller. model S2895UA2NRF) with a single Opteron 248 (I'll add
> another CPU later).
>
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html
>
> I've installed the latest (1.03) BIOS.
>
> Solaris 10 1/06 now works OK, although I need to sort out minor things.
>
> But I can't get it to boot with Solaris Express Build 33 or 36. I've
> tried both Build 33 and 36, but neither will work - it hangs. after this:

Well, I installed snv_37 a few weeks ago with no problem. I don't have
SCSI though, just SATA disks. My BIOS has also recently been upgraded to
1.03 (Solaris didn't like BIOS 1.02 - only Solaris 10 FCS was able to
boot, neither 01/06 nor snv_33). Below are the boot messages from my machine
(already installed, therefor the 64-bit kernel).
Although you don't see the warning
WARNING: Failed to program IO space [0/1/1] BAR@0x10 length 0x20
below - it does also print on my machine early during boot.

WARNING: long lines haven't been wrapped.


SunOS Release 5.11 Version snv_37 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
features: 1076fdf
mem = 4192876K (0xffe9b000)
root nexus = i86pc
pseudo0 at root
pseudo0 is /pseudo
scsi_vhci0 at root
scsi_vhci0 is /scsi_vhci
isa0 at root
tbxface-0193 [01] LoadTables : ACPI Tables successfully acquired
Parsing all Control Methods:
Table [DSDT](id 5) - 755 Objects with 95 Devices 277 Methods 29 Regions
ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root fffffffffbcd7240
evxfevnt-0173 [02] Enable : Transition to ACPI mode successful
evgpeblk-1101 [04] EvCreateGpeBlock : GPE 00 to 1F [_GPE] 4 regs on int 0x9
evgpeblk-1206 [03] EvInitializeGpeBlock : Found 7 Wake, Enabled 0 Runtime GPEs in this block
Completing Region/Field/Buffer/Package initialization:................................... ...............................................
Initialized 29/29 Regions 2/2 Fields 29/29 Buffers 22/34 Packages (764 nodes)
Executing all Device _STA and_INI methods:.......................................... .................................................. .........
101 Devices found - executed 0 _STA, 0 _INI methods
NOTICE: reprogram pci device [0/1/1] (pci10f1,2895)
WARNING: failed to program IO space [0/1/1] BAR@0x10 length 0x20
NOTICE: apic: local nmi: 0 1 1 1
NOTICE: apic: local nmi: 1 1 1 1
pcplusmp: vector 0x9 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x9 is bound to cpu 1
NOTICE: ndi_ra_free: bad free, dip ffffffff803dc7a8, resource type io
NOTICE: ndi_ra_free: freeing base 0x0, len 0x10000 overlaps with existing resource base 0x20, len 0x150
NOTICE: ndi_ra_free: bad free, dip ffffffff803dc7a8, resource type memory
NOTICE: ndi_ra_free: freeing base 0xa0000, len 0x60000 overlaps with existing resource base 0x0, len 0xb0000000
npe0 at root: space 0 offset 0
npe0 is /pci@0,0
pcplusmp: pci-ide (pci-ide) instance 2 vector 0x17 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x17 is bound to cpu 1
pcplusmp: pci-ide (pci-ide) instance 2 vector 0x17 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x17 is bound to cpu 0
IDE device at targ 0, lun 0 lastlun 0x0
model ST380817AS
ATA/ATAPI-6 supported, majver 0x7e minver 0x1b
PCI Express-device: ide@1, ata5
ata5 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@8/ide@1
UltraDMA mode 6 selected
Disk3:
cmdk3 at ata5 target 0 lun 0
cmdk3 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@8/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
pcplusmp: pci-ide (pci-ide) instance #1 vector 0x16 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x16 is bound to cpu 0
pcplusmp: pci-ide (pci-ide) instance #1 vector 0x16 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x16 is bound to cpu 0
IDE device at targ 0, lun 0 lastlun 0x0
model ST380817AS
ATA/ATAPI-6 supported, majver 0x7e minver 0x1b
PCI Express-device: ide@1, ata3
ata3 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@7/ide@1
UltraDMA mode 6 selected
Disk0:
cmdk0 at ata3 target 0 lun 0
cmdk0 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@7/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
NOTICE: md: B_FAILFAST I/O disabled on cmdk
SMBIOS v2.33 loaded (1236 bytes)
pseudo-device: dld0
dld0 is /pseudo/dld@0
PCI Express-device: pci10de,5d@e, pcie_pci0
pcie_pci0 is /pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e
pcplusmp: pci10de,f9 (nvidia) instance 0 vector 0x13 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x13 is bound to cpu 0
PCIE-device: display@0, nvidia0
nvidia0 is /pci@0,0/pci10de,5d@e/display@0
pcplusmp: i8042 (i8042) instance 0 vector 0x1 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x1 is bound to cpu 1
pcplusmp: i8042 (i8042) instance #0 vector 0xc ioapic 0x2 intin 0xc is bound to cpu 1
8042 device: keyboard@0, kb8042 # 0
kb80420 is /isa/i8042@1,60/keyboard@0
8042 device: mouse@1, mouse8042 # 0
mouse80420 is /isa/i8042@1,60/mouse@1
pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0320 (ehci) instance 0 vector 0x15 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x15 is bound to cpu 1
/pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2,1 (ehci0): Unable to take control from BIOS. Failure is ignored.
PCI Express-device: pci10f1,2895@2,1, ehci0
ehci0 is /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2,1
WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2,1 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 7 failed
pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0310 (ohci) instance 0 vector 0x14 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x14 is bound to cpu 0
PCI Express-device: pci10f1,2895@2, ohci0
ohci0 is /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2
cpu0: x86 (AuthenticAMD family 15 model 37 step 1 clock 2612 MHz)
cpu0: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252
cpu1: x86 (AuthenticAMD family 15 model 37 step 1 clock 2612 MHz)
cpu1: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252
cpu1 initialization complete - online
npe1 at root: space 7c offset 0
npe1 is /pci@7c,0
WARNING: /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2,1 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 7 failed
PCI Express-device: pci10de,5c@9, pci_pci0
pci_pci0 is /pci@0,0/pci10de,5c@9
pcplusmp: pciclass,0c0010 (hci1394) instance 0 vector 0x12 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x12 is bound to cpu 0
PCI-device: pci10f1,2895@5, hci13940
hci13940 is /pci@0,0/pci10de,5c@9/pci10f1,2895@5
NOTICE: cpqhpc: 64-bit driver module not found
NOTICE: bscv: 64-bit driver module not found
PCI Express-device: pci10de,5d@e, pcie_pci1
pcie_pci1 is /pci@7c,0/pci10de,5d@e
USB 1.10 device (usb4a9,2204) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 1.10 root hub: device@2, usb_mid0 at bus address 2
CanoScan FB630U
usb_mid0 is /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2/device@2
/pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2/device@2 (usb_mid0) online
USB 1.10 device (usb45e,38) operating at low speed (USB 1.x) on USB 1.10 root hub: input@5, hid0 at bus address 3
Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick
hid0 is /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2/input@5
/pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2/input@5 (hid0) online
/pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@2/device@2 (usb_mid0): no driver found for interface 0 (nodename: 'interface') of CanoScan FB630U
NOTICE: IRQ20 is being shared by drivers with different interrupt levels.
This may result in reduced system performance.
NOTICE: nge0/0 registered
NOTICE: nge0: link down
NOTICE: nge0: link 100Mbps Full-Duplex up
NOTICE: cpqhpc: 64-bit driver module not found
NOTICE: bscv: 64-bit driver module not found
dump on /dev/md/dsk/d2 size 2047 MB
pseudo-device: zfs0
zfs0 is /pseudo/zfs@0
UltraDMA mode 6 selected
pseudo-device: pm0
pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
pseudo-device: power0
power0 is /pseudo/power@0
pseudo-device: devinfo0
devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo@0
pseudo-device: dtrace0
dtrace0 is /pseudo/dtrace@0
pcplusmp: asy (asy) instance 0 vector 0x4 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x4 is bound to cpu 1
ISA-device: asy0
asy0 is /isa/asy@1,3f8
pci0 at root: space 6 offset 0
pci0 is /pci@6,0
iscsi0 at root
iscsi0 is /iscsi
xsvc0 at root
xsvc0 is /xsvc
NOTICE: audio8100: audio8100: xid=0x0605, vid1=0x4144, vid2=0x5374
NOTICE: IRQ21 is being shared by drivers with different interrupt levels.
This may result in reduced system performance.
PCI Express-device: pci10f1,2895@4, audio8100
audio8100 is /pci@0,0/pci10f1,2895@4
UltraDMA mode 6 selected
pseudo-device: vol0
vol0 is /pseudo/vol@0
pcplusmp: ide (ata) instance 0 vector 0xe ioapic 0x2 intin 0xe is bound to cpu 1
pcplusmp: ide (ata) instance 0 vector 0xe ioapic 0x2 intin 0xe is bound to cpu 0
ATAPI device at targ 0, lun 0 lastlun 0x0
model BENQ DVD DD DW1640
ata_set_feature: (0x66,0x0) failed
ATAPI device at targ 1, lun 0 lastlun 0x0
model Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 012
ATA/ATAPI-5 supported, majver 0x3e minver 0x0
ata_set_feature: (0x66,0x0) failed
PCI Express-device: ide@0, ata0
ata0 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@6/ide@0
UltraDMA mode 2 selected
UltraDMA mode 4 selected
UltraDMA mode 2 selected
UltraDMA mode 4 selected
UltraDMA mode 2 selected
UltraDMA mode 4 selected
sd5 at ata0: target 0 lun 0
sd5 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@6/ide@0/sd@0,0
device pci10de,f9@0(display#0) keeps up device sd@0,0(sd#5), but the latter is not power managed
sd6 at ata0: target 1 lun 0
sd6 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@6/ide@0/sd@1,0
device pci10de,f9@0(display#0) keeps up device sd@1,0(sd#6), but the latter is not power managed
IDE device at targ 0, lun 0 lastlun 0x0
model ST3300831AS
ATA/ATAPI-7 supported, majver 0xfe minver 0x0
PCI Express-device: ide@0, ata2
ata2 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@7/ide@0
UltraDMA mode 6 selected
Disk1:
cmdk1 at ata2 target 0 lun 0
cmdk1 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@7/ide@0/cmdk@0,0
IDE device at targ 0, lun 0 lastlun 0x0
model ST3300831AS
ATA/ATAPI-7 supported, majver 0xfe minver 0x0
PCI Express-device: ide@0, ata4
ata4 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@8/ide@0
UltraDMA mode 6 selected
Disk2:
cmdk2 at ata4 target 0 lun 0
cmdk2 is /pci@0,0/pci-ide@8/ide@0/cmdk@0,0
pcplusmp: fdc (fdc) instance 0 vector 0x6 ioapic 0x2 intin 0x6 is bound to cpu 0
ISA-device: fdc0
fd0 at fdc0
fd0 is /isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0

--
Daniel

Ivan Van den Bossche wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Have you already tried the 1.01 BIOS?
> Maybe this helps?
> Greetz,
> Ivan

Yes, the board had 1.01 when I got it. It would not boot. I now have
1.03, but have tried 1.02 too.

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Daniel Rock wrote:

> Well, I installed snv_37 a few weeks ago with no problem.

Is that available as a downloaded DVD? I think snv_37 is only on
OpenSolaris, so you need Solaris Express installed to build it. But I am
not following the OpenSolaris, so perhaps I am mistaken. If a DVD can be
downloaded, let me know from where.

My SPARC all run the General Release, but I thought I'd investiage some
of the later versions on the x86 box.

> I don't have
> SCSI though, just SATA disks.

I initally had one SATA 300 GB disk. I later added a 73 GB SCSI, but the
problem was evident before then.

> My BIOS has also recently been upgraded to
> 1.03 (Solaris didn't like BIOS 1.02 - only Solaris 10 FCS was able to
> boot, neither 01/06 nor snv_33). Below are the boot messages from my machine
> (already installed, therefor the 64-bit kernel).

Did you install this from a DVD, or a network install? Did you isntall
via a serial port - I think that motherboard will support that.

I just had a monitor plugged onto the video card and attemted to boot
from a DVD.

Its difficult to see how I can progress on this. I had one of these
motherboards, but the USB developed a problem, so would only power USB
devices intermittantly. So the board was repleaced (after threat of
legal action as they were taking ages to sort it out). But I'm no nearer
getting Solaris Express to install. Having now failed on two of these
motherboards, it make me wonder if Solaris 11 (whenever it available for
general release) will ever run.

On paper at least this is a nice motherboard - supporing dual Opterons,
16 GB RAM, dual Ultra 320 SCSI, dual GigaBit ethernet etc. But I can't
see to get it to boot.

I have another CD-ROM drive (rathe than DVD). That one is SCSI. I could
try that, but I don't expect it would make much difference. Not sure
what else I can do.

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In alt.solaris.x86 "Dave (from the UK)" wrote:
> Daniel Rock wrote:
>
>> Well, I installed snv_37 a few weeks ago with no problem.
>
> Is that available as a downloaded DVD? I think snv_37 is only on
> OpenSolaris, so you need Solaris Express installed to build it. But I am
> not following the OpenSolaris, so perhaps I am mistaken. If a DVD can be
> downloaded, let me know from where.

No, snv_37 was also released as SXCR. You can still download it via this
link:

http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try

but the current release is snv_39:
http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try


> Did you install this from a DVD, or a network install? Did you isntall
> via a serial port - I think that motherboard will support that.

I did the install via network from an install server, but an interactive
install via the graphical installer.


> Its difficult to see how I can progress on this. I had one of these
> motherboards, but the USB developed a problem, so would only power USB
> devices intermittantly. So the board was repleaced (after threat of
> legal action as they were taking ages to sort it out). But I'm no nearer
> getting Solaris Express to install. Having now failed on two of these
> motherboards, it make me wonder if Solaris 11 (whenever it available for
> general release) will ever run.

I didn't have any real problem with this board yet - besides the problem
with BIOS release 1.02 (don't remember if 1.01 also had problems).

--
Daniel

Daniel Rock wrote:
> In alt.solaris.x86 "Dave (from the UK)" wrote:
>
>>Daniel Rock wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Well, I installed snv_37 a few weeks ago with no problem.
>>
>>Is that available as a downloaded DVD? I think snv_37 is only on
>>OpenSolaris, so you need Solaris Express installed to build it. But I am
>>not following the OpenSolaris, so perhaps I am mistaken. If a DVD can be
>>downloaded, let me know from where.
>
>
> No, snv_37 was also released as SXCR. You can still download it via this
> link:
>
> http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try
>
> but the current release is snv_39:
> http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try

I'm a bit lost here. There seems to be at least 4 versions of Solaris
then - I thought there were 3.

1) General Availability.
Currently Solaris 10, release 01/06.

2) Solaris Express
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/...xpress/get.jsp
Currently 5/06, but called snv_36

3) Solaris Express Community edition
http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try
Currently Build 39

4) Open Solaris
No idea about that one.

Does it follow that build n of Solaris Express as build n of the
community edition?

> I did the install via network from an install server, but an interactive
> install via the graphical installer.

I might be tempted to try that. I've never booted this PC from a
network, but worth a try. There must be some differences in the boot
process between a DVD and a network. It could be one of those points
that is causing me the problem.

> I didn't have any real problem with this board yet - besides the problem
> with BIOS release 1.02 (don't remember if 1.01 also had problems).

I've had two now, and neither will boot build 33 or 36 of Solaris
Express (not commumity edition) from DVD.

BTW, I emailed Tyan about the USB issue some time back. They have this
complex system of support, which is clearly designed to ensure people
RTFM before bothing them.

But there was this bit in an FAQ they sent. Note this is specific to the
S2895 motherboard - in case someone else reading this gets the wrong
idea. The implication is Sun will support this motherboard for Solaris.


-- FAQ from Tyan on S2895 motherboard --

Q What OS's are currently supported by the nVidia nForce Chipset?

A. Here is a listing of the OS's that will/won't and will be supported
for these motherboard:

In Process:
Working on Solaris (This support will be from SUN not from nVidia)

Yes:
Windows XP Pro 32-bit
Windows XP 64-bit
Windows Server 2003 32-bit
Windows Server 2003 64-bit
Workstation and Advanced Server RHEL3 Update 4 (No update 1, 2 or 3)
Workstation and Advanced Server RHEL4, RHEL4 UP1
SuSE 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 (64-bt)
SuSE 10

No:
No RedHat 32-bit Distributions
No SuSE 32-bit Distributions
No Debian, Gentuu, Fedora Core or Turbo Linux
No FreeBSD


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"Dave (from the UK)" wrote:
> Daniel Rock wrote:
>
> I'm a bit lost here. There seems to be at least 4 versions of Solaris
> then - I thought there were 3.
>
> 1) General Availability.
> Currently Solaris 10, release 01/06.
>
> 2) Solaris Express
> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/...xpress/get.jsp
> Currently 5/06, but called snv_36

Some SXCR go throughout a more rigorous testing at Sun and get then released
as "official" Solaris Express releases.


> 3) Solaris Express Community edition
> http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try
> Currently Build 39

These get released more often.


> 4) Open Solaris
> No idea about that one.

OpenSolaris is just the source code. You can build your own distribution
with it.


>> I did the install via network from an install server, but an interactive
>> install via the graphical installer.
>
> I might be tempted to try that. I've never booted this PC from a
> network, but worth a try. There must be some differences in the boot
> process between a DVD and a network. It could be one of those points
> that is causing me the problem.

DVD or network boot shouldn't make any difference. The miniroot image
is loaded from either the DVD disk or via TFTP. For this task Solaris isn't
yet involved - the file get loaded via GrUB. Then GrUB passes control to
Solaris from the decompressed miniroot image. So for the Solaris point of
view network boot or DVD boot shouldn't make a difference.


>> I didn't have any real problem with this board yet - besides the problem
>> with BIOS release 1.02 (don't remember if 1.01 also had problems).
>
> I've had two now, and neither will boot build 33 or 36 of Solaris
> Express (not commumity edition) from DVD.

I haven't tried snv_33 with the current BIOS release. So I cannot comment if
it just had problems with BIOS release 1.02 or even with the current one.


> No FreeBSD

Well, FreeBSD also runs without problems.

--
Daniel

"Dave (from the UK)" writes:

>Is that available as a downloaded DVD? I think snv_37 is only on
>OpenSolaris, so you need Solaris Express installed to build it. But I am
>not following the OpenSolaris, so perhaps I am mistaken. If a DVD can be
>downloaded, let me know from where.

You are mistaken; we release a "Solaris Express Community Edition"
every other week; that's every build of Solaris Nevada and not just
"best of the month".

Casper
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Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
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Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> I'm a bit lost here. There seems to be at least 4 versions of Solaris
> then - I thought there were 3.
>
> 1) General Availability.
> Currently Solaris 10, release 01/06.
>
> 2) Solaris Express
> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/...xpress/get.jsp
> Currently 5/06, but called snv_36
>
> 3) Solaris Express Community edition
> http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/...nsactionId=try
>
> Currently Build 39
>
> 4) Open Solaris
> No idea about that one.
>

Options 2 and 3 above use OpenSolaris code, but realize that OpenSolaris
is a project, not it's own distribution; there is no single
"OpenSolairs distro" as some have called it (that's just bad terminology).

Casper H.S. Dik wrote:

> You are mistaken; we release a "Solaris Express Community Edition"
> every other week; that's every build of Solaris Nevada and not just
> "best of the month".
>
> Casper

Thanks, Darren pointed that out too.

I *think* I know the issue now - the DVD is not being created properly.

I've managed to write Solaris 10 update 1 DVD with Nero, but have failed
to a create a couple of Solaris Express DVDs (build 33 or 36) with Nero,
or cdrecord.

But build 38 of Solaris Express seems to boot OK from CD #1 when I wrote
a CD with cdrecord, rather than a DVD.

I'm now going to try build 39 - at least there are some checksums with
that, so I have some hope of detecting a problem.

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may-2006@southminster-branch-line.org.uk writes in comp.unix.solaris:
|I'm a bit lost here. There seems to be at least 4 versions of Solaris
|then - I thought there were 3.

Yes - see: http://www.whacked.net/2005/06/21/confused-so-was-i/

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Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> may-2006@southminster-branch-line.org.uk writes in comp.unix.solaris:
> |I'm a bit lost here. There seems to be at least 4 versions of Solaris
> |then - I thought there were 3.
>
> Yes - see: http://www.whacked.net/2005/06/21/confused-so-was-i/
>
Thanks, that is useful.

I believe I may have solved the problem with builds 33 and 36 failing
half-way through the boot process. The DVD was not written correctly.
I've just downloaded build 39, verified the checksums (at last, some
checksums!!) and wrote the DVD with Nero. Build 39 boots and goes a
reasonable way - I chose to abort myself, since I did not want to do an
install just yet.

cdrecord seems to have an issue with my DVD writer. Joerg Schilling has
looked at that and will make some changes to cdrecord, so hopefully that
will be fixed in a day or so.

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