Can't get there from here!
After hours of downloading and assembling the separate parts, to make-up one single DVD (this download was the Windows only version), I placed the platter into this HP AMD-64 laptop, to install the OS. The first part that came up on the screen was legible, and it gave me a choice of installing Solaris, and the other two choices seemed to offer an installation with serial terminals. I did try all three methods. The results were abysmal. All I got was gibberish on the plain black screen. The installation then halted, and froze the machine dead.
Is there something that I didn't understand? Does this OS expect me to install it using a terminal, like on a main-frame machine? Most new computers now, only have USB ports, and no serial or parallel ports. Did someone goof, and put the wrong OS version in the Windows only download page?
There was a lot of room left on the 1st DVD, that I could have also burned the "Companion" file in there. However, I had to waste another DVD platter just to put that small file in there. Now I'm wondering if I should throw those two platters in the trash can, or is there sometning that I didn't understand?
Also, I was wondering how good is this OS for supporting wireless networking? Does the OS provide ndiswrapper? Or, does the os directly support a good variety of wireless cards? Does this OS also support wireless mouse and keyboards? Is is only designed to install in desktop models? Does it support AMD-64 cpu's? Am I expected to write my own scripts and drivers?
I've downloaded and installed a lot of Linux's before, but this SOL-10 DVD installer is the plainest that I have ever seen. No help files, no splash screen, and no visible way to see how to get out of a hang-up.
Thanks, and cheers!
