[OpenIndiana-discuss] debugging failure in text installer

[John D Groenveld]

In message <035fbda5-6ae5-ef0e-d05a-08de7aecc8ab at ndsu.edu>, Tim Mooney via open
indiana-discuss writes:
>I'm considering putting OI on an older gaming workstation, but both
>2026.04 and the last test text-install from 2026.09.09 fail shortly
>after booting with "Console login service(s) cannot run".  I've only

Old bug, much lamented.

>tried the USB images, not an ISO burned to DVD, but I assume that since
>it's booting and getting to this point, the problem isn't specific to
>the USB subsystem.

A fugly work-around is to boot the installer via a DVD drive.

John
groenveld at acm.org