hi guys
im totally new to Solaris - i can use it for some functions (like at work) but installing is a first for me - please dont flame if there are any stupid questions;
allright, my set up is a gigabyte motherboard which is supposed to work (
BigAdmin - HCL: Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H )
4 GB RAM, a video card (ATI HD 4850), 4 SATA II discs & a SATA DVD ROM.
my first boot error was something like "lin 64 bit not supported" which was apparantly caused because i had the Raid controller set to "AHCI" in the BIOS. after i switched that to RAID i now have some kind of error on the CD ROM something like "bootp cd rom no memory" (cant see the exact message im at work now)
so my questions basically are:
1. i want to use ZFS - its the main reason i want to install solaris. to what should i set my BIOS: IDE or RAID?
2. does Solaris have known issues to boot from a SATA cdrom?
3. does there exist a "supreme idiots guide" to installing Soalris on x86 systems? (googles a lot but couild not find a guide that takes you through process with screenshots and all that)
thanks for your assistance