[OpenIndiana-discuss] some problem with oi151a

[darkblue]

2011/11/21 James Carlson <carlsonj at workingcode.com>

> darkblue wrote:
> > hi,
> > I am a newbie with oi.
> >  today, I installed oi151a on my workstation with oi151a-x86.iso(dvd)
>  and
> > encounter some problem.
> >
> > 1. does it 32bit or 64bit?
> > After finished installation, I issue "uanme -a", it display:
> > SunOS oi-151 5.11 oi_151a i86pc i386 i86pc
> >
> > does this mean the DVD installer choose the 32bit version?
>
> No.
>
> > but curiously, when issue "top", the os could see all the RAM(16G)
>
> Try "isainfo" to see what instruction set families are supported for
> applications on the system, and "isainfo -k" for the single family
> supported for the kernel.  You should see "amd64" there.
>
I haven't got a chance to login system, and I will try it later. thanks any
way.


> > 2.
> > my oi-151 hang on boot, when I follow the above link tutor, failed to
> show
> > the boot process, why?
> > I edited the kernel line to such as:
> > kernel= xxx   -v -m verbose
> > then press enter, and b
> > what I can see is the picture which right bottom corner is "Powered by
> > illumo"
>
> You need to turn off graphical boot as well.  Use "d" in GRUB to remove
> the spashimage, foreground, and background lines, and then remove
> "console=graphics" from the kernel$ line.  That should allow you to do a
> text-only boot


thanks, it work for me, and OI-151 hang on:

pseudo-device: ramdisk1024
ramdisk1024 is /pseudo/ramdisk at 1024
pseudo-device: ucode0
ucode is /pseudo/ucode at 0

what does it mean, I google the last line and found nothing.

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