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Old 01-18-2010
Solaris don't boot without mouse and keyboard

Hi guys,

I've installed Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10) in a x86 box. I will put this box as a home server to store my files/backups/whatterver shared stuff replacing my old NetBSD machine. But, after installed and correctly configured, when I tried to boot this box without keybord and mouse (USB both), the system freezes after the Grub screen.

I've already configured in the x86 bios the option "Halt On: [No errors]. Smilie

The system start booting, shows the "SunOS 5.10 Solaris (etc...)" banner message on the top, but stops and don't display any error log. Putting the USB mouse/keyboard again and rebooting, it starts and works perfectly, and show all your boot message as it should. Later I've checked in /var/log and didn't found any related error message.

I've already try adding the "-m verbose" option in Grub, to get a verbose boot and see the system messages, but it still stops after show the "SunOS 5.10 Solaris (etc...)" in the top.

I've still try touching the /reconfigure file and reboot the system without the USB keyboard and mouse, enforcing the system to re-check my hardware devices, but it stops again after the top banner message.

Have Solaris some configuration file where I would configure the system to ignore the keyboard and mouse absence?

Rgds,
Lucas Timm.

Last edited by pludi; 01-18-2010 at 06:44 PM..
# 2  
Old 01-19-2010
what h/w type are you using?
# 3  
Old 01-19-2010
Hi Incredible,

My box is a Intel Pentium 3 1.13GHz (Tualatin), 1.5GB Ram (SDRam PC-133), motherboard Asus TUV4-X, Realtek 8139, two IDE HDDs (80 and 120GB) and generic USB Mouse and Keyboard. I've installed Solaris 10 32bits, and it's running with excelent performance. If you need I can paste my prtconf. When this box was running Linux (CentOS 5.2) it works perfectly without keyboard and mouse, I've controlled it by SSH and XDMCP. That's what I want with Solaris.

Do you have some idea?

Lucas Timm
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Old 01-19-2010
If you tried to boot from cdrom to single user level, does it bypass the banner stage eg..?
# 5  
Old 01-19-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmerman
I've already try adding the "-m verbose" option in Grub, to get a verbose boot and see the system messages
You haven't actually. "-m verbose" is enabling SMF verbose messages, not kernel ones which might help better in your case.
I would try these options instead:
Code:
-rv -m milestone=none

or
Code:
-srv

"man kernel" for details.
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