[OpenIndiana-discuss] [illumos-Developer] Unable to boot OpenIndiana on my dell studio 1450

[Reginald Beardsley]

FWIW

I have a couple of older house brand machines which boot & run everything up to S10 U7 just fine.  However, neither S10 U8 nor OI will boot.  I encountered similar problems w/ recent versions of Linux.  In the Linux case, I was able to figure out boot options (IIRC noacpi) that allowed Linux to boot.  I've not pressed the issue w/ Solaris because I really only use the older machines for testing and I've got several newer systems.

I'd *really* like to see OI provide FreeBSD style console boot messages so one has some clue as to what is going on when things fail.  It took a ridiculous number of attempts booting Linux before I was able to read the message that flashed by on the console and fix the problem.

If you'd like the details, email me and I'll look for them.

Good luck,
Reg