Solaris

Hello ladies and gentlemen

I had a notebook 250 GB for windows 7, 250 GB for slackware,
by the live dvd slaris i installed solaris in partition of windows, instalation ok, when i restart, i can not access menu bios or menu boot, and my notebook don't boot any dvd ,..

any help what i can do, i want have solaris in my notebook, i don't care if i have format everything,..

thanks to all

What make/model of notebook is it?

No matter how you have installed Solaris it would not prevent the machine booting from DVD. Check the boot order set in the BIOS of the machine to ensure that DVD comes before the hard disk (or any other device). Ensure that you have no USB devices plugged into the machine.

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And what version of Solaris Live DVD have you got?

it is solaris 11.1 live media x86, i am sure dvd is first in order of boot, cause i installed solaris over windows 7 by the dvd, then if all is ok i need have solaris in first partition, slackware in second partition, my normal procedure now would be access boot manager and make hd first boot, and have solaris working, but i can't access boot manager or bios setup, and notebook too is not booting dvd anymore,.

notebook> infoway note w7430, intel i3

The obvious reason why you cannot boot from the hard disk is that the boot loader has been somewhat screwed by the installation of Solaris.

However, nothing should stop you still being able to boot from DVD (including booting again from the Solaris 1.1 Live DVD) or accessing your machines BIOS by pressing the required button whilst the flash screen(s) are showing. So concentrate on accessing your machine's BIOS and/or booting from any DVD. That should work irrespective of whether your boot loader on your hard disk is working correctly or not.

ok,.i will try do it and waiting more time for accessing bios;;

thank you hicksd8

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unfortunately it doesn't access bios or boot menu, it displays message "f2 is pressed. go to setup utility" then it doesn't work anymore, it displays that message forever.

I must admit that I don't understand how installing Solaris would prevent you from accessing your BIOS or booting from a DVD (apart from altering the boot order, which you can alter back). This now looks like a hardware issue which you need to resolve first. You should always be able to access the system BIOS (by pressing the right key(s)) no matter what.

Anyone else on this forum got any other ideas?

That is because the setup utility was probably overwritten when you attempted to install Solaris 11.

I strongly suspect that accessing the setup utility is not the same as accessing the firmware configuration.

What make and model of laptop?