How to Dual Boot & Internet Failure after Solaris 10 11/06 installation
hi everyone
As I'm totally new to the Solaris 10 11/06 I need lots of help plz...
(1) How to Dual bootOR what to do so every time I start PC it ask which OS to load? ( Win XP or Solaris 10) [Also I need to boot Win XP in order to get device id of of my Intel 10/100/1000 network card to fix internet failure thing in Solaris 10. 'coz now every time I start PC it loads Solaris.]
here's what I've done:
On my Dell 9150 (Intel x86, Pentium D) I've a single Hard Drive of 240 GB. First I installed Win XP on 100 GB partition & left 80 GB unformatted partition for Solaris & 40 GB unformatted for Ubuntu 6.10 (i haven't installed Ubuntu yet). I've also left additional 2 GB unformatted partition too. Then I installed Solaris 10 11/06 on 80 GB partition.
In general discussion forum I got following reply:
edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file so the following is ammended. (you might have switch harddrive to hd0 & hd1 possibly) if you have partitioned 1 drive you will probably have to ammend this slightly.
#- ADDED BY PHILIP BROWN - OK TO EDIT -
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
#END BOOTADM--
I tried above but its not helping me out. Now, can someone PLEASE tell me what should I do in terminal window? How to enter "commands" orwhat EXACTLY (step by step) I should do to edit "/boot/grub/menu.lst file" ? [ to dual boot from a single hard drive; windows XP & Solaris 10 11/06]. Since I can not load Win XP, I need to resolve this from Solaris 10 plz.
(2) Internet Failure:Before installing Solaris 10 11/06 I ran Hardware Compatibility Check tool & It did detect Intel 10/100/1000 NIC. After completing installation & system reboot its not connecting to the internet. I try to reconfigure network settings but still Internet not working. I can see "Network Monitor" on bottom right corner. If i unplug cable it changes to yellow triangle waring sign.
I've a Comcast cable which is connected to the Netgear WNR854T router & PC is connected to the router.
In general discussion forum I got reply to change / edit to "/boot/solaris/devicedb/master" but its not helping me either.
Many, Many thanx in advance, -Jags
