[ILUG] problem with Solaris 8 and laptop

[Francisco Baena]

Thanks Niall & Eamonn;
sunsolve.sun.com is great I've downloaded the patch and I'll see what
happens. I know this isn't a Solaris Newsgroup so thanks again to both for
the hints.

Francisco.


 --- Francisco Baena <francisco_baena at lycos.es> wrote:
> Hi all;
> Something quite strange happens everytime I tried to
> install Solaris 8 in my
> laptop. Everything goes fine, until the point I have
> to select a language
> for the instalation. When I press a key (any key)
> the system types a
> different character plus it types it until it
> reaches the
> "no-more-characters-allow-so-I'll-beep-to-death"
> point. Any suggestions?
>
OK. I have also tried this on a Dell Latitude, same
problem. This may not be much help, but it might point
you in the right direction. I installed Solaris for
Intel on a Compaq DL360 server, for this to work, I
had to download four floppy images, and at the right
point in the install, when selecting devices, you
insert the floppies which contain the correct drivers
and such for Compaq machinery. I never found such a
thing for Dell machines, maybe I should try the Compaq
floppies.
  I can't remember if I tried the Compaq floppies, I
can't even remember where I got them from, but
probably off the Compaq site after a lot of searching
and hair pulling.

  Good luck

  Eamonn

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