Solaris

Then, pick latest Solaris Express build and please don't refrain to tell what your H/W is and how did the previous installations failed.
BigAdmin HCL: Sun Device Detection Tool

I downloaded Solaris Express version and Solaris 10.
Both are bootable CDs.

The Solaris Express version is over 3GB.

I just inserted and restarted the computer.
It tried to install. I stopped it for the time being.

So I can install both of the programs.

What is the advantage of Solaris Express program?

I think my hardware is in line with HCL.
The processor is AMD 3200 or 3600
I have 1GB of RAM.
My graphic card and sound card are run-of-the-mill models.
My monitor is more than 10 years old. It is Samsung.

All Linux versions and Windows XP/Vista recognizes my hardware.

Good. Hopefully.
Correct.
Why ?
You'll know when/if you succeed. It's newer, more features, more drivers, more software.
What thinks the SDD tool ?
That's fine.
More is better but 1Gig is Ok.
I hope there are run-of-the-mill drivers ...
640x480 ?

No mainboard nor disks ?

Which means it works but doesn't help knowing if drivers are available for Solaris.

Today I tried to install the latest Solaris version which I downloaded a few days ago. It was not the express version.

First I used a third party program (Acronis partitioner) to make a FAT32 partition and two 'ext3' partitions for Solaris.

Afterwards, I installed Windows 2003 server on FAT 32. It works fine. I could work with it.

Then I installed Solaris.

During the process of installation it erased the 'ext3' created Solaris compatible file system.

It took nearly 3 and a half hours to complete the installation.

When the computer reboots, GRUB asked me whether I need Solaris, Solaris fail safe and Windows.

This means installation was fine.
However, I got some error messages and Solaris didn't start.

The following were the messages:


1. Warning:
/pci@0, 0/pci1106, f 238@3/pci-ide0/cmdk@1,0 (Disk 1D)

Error for comment 'read sector' Error Level: Informative
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2.ata_disk-start: Select failed

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3.Vendor 'Gen-ATA' error code: 0x3


What is the problem? What is the meaning of those messages?

The installation took very long time. However, it was fine.

When the computer starts, GRUB gives me 3 choices.

I tried even with Solaris Fail Safe alternative.

It just repaired things. It didn't start the program.

Did it take over 3 hours to complete the installation?

I need your help.

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The following is the file system created by Solaris installation.

CodoSo /5044MB

CodoS1 Swap 518MB

CodoS7 /export/home 26891MB

I believe ' CodoSo /5044MB ' works as the root partition.


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My processor is AMD ATHLON 3500+ ( 64bit)

Motherboard: Asrock - ASROCK - AM2 - K8T890CF - DDR2 - SATA2 - GLANC

Samsung hard drive - 250GB - 7200RPM - SATA -II -3.5 -Nc

Graphic card: ASUS - GF7100GS - TC - PCI-E - 128MB/512MB - DDR2

Samsung DVD Recorder

Sony Floppy Drive

[ The article number of the motherboard is 'ALIVESATA2-GLAN' .]
[ The article number of the graphic card is 'EN7100GS512/TD/ . It is called Asus EN 7100 series.]
[ If I want I can change to 640x480 resolution on my screen. At the moment I am using 800x600.]
[ Monitor: VESA 800X600@60HZ]
[ Card: ATI RV 280 5960]
[ Colors: 16.7 million (24 bit)]
[If I want I can change the colors to 256 (8bit) or 16 (4bit).]

It might be a disk issue, a controller issue, a BIOS configuration issue or a driver issue.
You can try installing Solaris Express build 81 or newer as a similar report was fixed that way.

Did you read my entire post? I added more details.

A lot of details indeed.

Are you asking us if it took three hours ? Well, only you know if it did.

Do you have a working OS now ?

By the way, it's not CodoSo but c0d0s0 (zeros, not o's).