Hey Pressy,
I re-thought my approach and re-installed solaris! I simply installed disc 1/2 only, let it detect network settings and generally did as little "customising" as possible to reduce the chance of introducing user input error. Guess what? It worked!
Unfortunately, the resolution was incorrectly set at 1152x870(?)@60Hz, so I tried to reset it using
/usr/sbin/abfconfig -res 1280x1024@60 try
This was a BAD idea, because when the monitor came back on asking me if I wanted to accept the changes that the change to this resolution had been successful, so I typed y, hit the return key and watched as my screen went blank!
I cannot see the desktop at all now! Do you know how to reconfigure the display resolution at startup - i.e. before the system starts X?
I can't believe I've done this - just when I was getting somewhere I go and bugger it up again
Thanks for any help again.
Yours stupidly,
alarmcall