[Solaris 10] Installation problem on nForce4 Ultra - SATA II - raid 0

hi,
Like I was read on HW web page, Solaris 10 should work fine with 'nForce4' (without 'Ultra'),
but on mine mainboard (nForce4 Ultra) instalator was unable to found my array.
I have ASUS A8N-E (nForce4 Ultra) with 2x 250GB Seagate on SATA II RAID 0.
Is it posible to install this OS on 'nForce4 Ultra' or maybe I am doing sth wrong ?

Hi, I have the similiar problems on Solaris 10 installation.
I have a Compaq SR1710 AMD Sempron™ + 1GB RAM. I am trying make it a mini workstation.
However, the installation was never able to throught.
It always stop or freeze on the "dos" screen after I select "interactive" installation.
The last error message I got was something "Skipped rtls01" something.
I am trying to install Solaris 9 now, so far on disc 2.
Very smooth. No problem..
hope someone can give me advise on how to install version 10 on the machine.
BTW, I checked teh HCL. It seems ok, given my machine is very basic.

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Bill - that seems to have done the trick! the installation is now running.
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http://www.tarantella.com/documentation/sgd/ee/4.0/install.html - search
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Regards,
Bill Weir, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Gavin Westermann wrote on 30/08/2005 05:06:
I am having issues installing the base software and can't seen to figure
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Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition for SPARC Solaris 2.8+
(SPARC) 4.10.903
Tarantella, Inc.
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No changes were made to the system.
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Es: fffffffe, edi: 17dfe0, ebp: 7e40, esp: 7e20
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This is a thumbnail at 63% scale, click for full sized image.
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Only ideas i have are: bad cd rom drive? bad cd?
All advices are certainly welcome.

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