[OpenIndiana-discuss] ~6 minutes to OI banner/boot options in text install

[Toomas Soome]

> On 30. Jan 2021, at 03:57, Gary Mills <gary_mills at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 05:02:21PM -0800, Chris wrote:
>> OK just dragged a Dell Optiplex 790 off the shelf
>> with a 4 core 8 thread i5 CPU in it, and as much RAM
>> as I could jam in it.
>> BIOS:
>> boot UEFI
> 
> You can't do that.  You have to boot OI in BIOS mode.
> 
> The loader works in UEFI mode, but OI does not.  Usually you are
> offered a choice at boot time.  Chose BIOS mode.
> 

What you mean by “OI does not”?

rgds,
toomas