[OpenIndiana-discuss] boot failure

[Jonathan Adams]

might not be related, but it could be something to do with legacy CPU
support (depending on how old your CPU is ...

I've been looking around for the specific /etc/system variable to set on
the older Pentium III boxes I had at one time, but I think I've lost my
notes, but they looked something like:
http://www.motherboardpoint.com/threads/kmdb-problem.185780/

I doubt that that is the problem, but might be worth a look.

Jon

On 30 August 2016 at 16:56, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss <
openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:

>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an old netbook where I had installed OpenSolaris and later on
> I had upgraded to the second release of OpenIndiana. The system is a
> bit slow (it has an atom processor) but it is OK for basic things.
> Recently, I downloaded the latest OpenIndiana DVD, the one with MATE +
> KMS, and I tried to boot from the DVD. The process stops while detecting
> the mouse and this is really strange. See the following URL
>
>
> https://img42.com/T3ViR
>
> for an image that shows exactly where it stopped. BTW, I have tried the
> same DVD on a Desktop system where I installed the previous release of
> /hipster with no problem. Again the system stopped. I did not have time
> to check where it stopped, but I can check the day after tomorrow. Is
> this a problem related to hardware, software, what? Any
> suggestion/idea/help
> would be appreciated.
>
> A.S.
>  ----------------------
> Apostolos Syropoulos
> Xanthi, Greece
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