Solaris 11.2 x86 installation problem on GPT partitioned SSD

I recently bought a new computer with Windows 8.1 pre-installed on it. I want to install Solaris 11.2 as dual-boot together with the pre-installed windows 8.1.
The computer has a 128 GB SSD which is GPT partitioned. The SSD has 5 GPT partitions which are in use. I used a partition manager in Windows to shrink the size of the 5th partition (the windows system partition) so that i now have about 31 GB of unpartitioned, unused space after the 5 used partitions where i want to install Solaris into.
For installation, I downloaded the Solaris text installer ISO and burned it onto a CD-R. Now, whenever the installation menu shows me the GPT partitions of my SSD and i choose "Use a GPT partition of the disk" it always goes back to the first menu screen where it says "Welcome to the Oracle Solaris installtion menu".
Also, the installation menu shows the 5 used GPT partitions correctly, but then it shows me not one, but two partitions as "unused" with a size of 0.0 MB.
What am i doing wrong?

If you have support, then you will be better served by opening a support case.
Assuming you don't, or you would have gone there already... There may well be bugs with supporting multiple OS's under GPT partitions. I have no idea how much testing we did for such cases, and to be totally honest we put little effort into dual-booting systems these days, as using VM's in VIrtualBox or other VM managers is a better answer for 90i+% of people.
That said, posting the output from prtvtoc for the disk would give someone a chance to see if there's an obvious bug.

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The following is the output of the prtconf -v :
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems i86pc
Memory size: 479 Megabytes
System Peripherals (Software Nodes):
i86pc
System properties:
name='acpi-status' type=int items=1
value=00000013
name='relative-addressing' type=int items=1
value=00000001
name='MMU_PAGEOFFSET' type=int items=1
value=00000fff
name='MMU_PAGESIZE' type=int items=1
value=00001000
name='PAGESIZE' type=int items=1
value=00001000
name='biosdev-0x80' type=byte items=588
value=01.eb.04.4d.33.2e.30.fa.fc.be.00.7c.bf.00.06.8c.c8.8e.d0.89.f4.8e.c0.8e.d8.51.b9.00.01.f3.a5.59.e9.00.8a.fb.b4.02.cd.16.24.03.3c.03.75.05.c6.06.61.07.01.bb.be.07.b9.04.00.80.3f.80.74.0e.83.c3.10.e2.f6.bd.75.07.b9.13.00.e9.e6.00.b4.00.cd.13.53.b4.41.bb.aa.55.b9.00.00.cd.13.72.3f.81.fb.55.aa.75.39.f7.c1.01.00.74.33.bd.a4.07.b9.03.00.e8.c8.00.5b.53.b9.05.00.66.6a.00.66.ff.77.08.66.ff.36.5c.07.6a.01.6a.10.b4.42.89.e6.cd.13.9f.83.c4.10.9e.73.7b.b4.00.cd.13.e2.dd.eb.6b.bd.a7.07.b9.03.00.e8.95.00.5b.53.8a.16.60.07.b4.08.cd.13.73.08.bd.62.07.b9.13.00.eb.79.88.c8.24.3f.a2.59.07.fe.c6.f6.e6.a3.5a.07.8b.47.08.8b.57.0a.f7.36.5a.07.89.c3.89.d0.f6.36.59.07.fe.c4.30.c9.88.fd.c1.e9.02.80.e1.c0.08.e1.88.dd.88.c6.8a.16.60.07.c4.1e.5c.07.be.05.00.b8.01.02.cd.13.73.12.b4.00.cd.13.4e.83.fe.00.75.ef.bd.88.07.b9.0e.00.eb.23.bb.00.7c.81.bf.fe.01.55.aa.74.08.bd.96.07.b9.0b.00.eb.10.8a.16.60.07.5e.66.ff.16.5c.07.bd.a1.07.b9.03.00.bb.4f.00.e8.0c.00.cd.18.80.3e.61.07.00.74.18.bb.1f.00.60.b8.01.13.ba.00.17.cd.10.b0.07.b9.01.00.cd.10.b4.00.cd.16.61.c3.00.00.00.00.7c.00.00.80.00.43.61.6e.27.74.20.72.65.61.64.20.67.65.6f.6d.65.74.72.79.4e.6f.20.61.63.74.69.76.65.20.70.61.72.74.69.74.69.6f.6e.43.61.6e.27.74.20.72.65.61.64.20.50.42.52.42.61.64.20.50.42.52.20.73.69.67.21.21.21.4c.42.41.43.48.53.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.80.00.01.01.bf.fe.ff.ff.c1.3e.00.00.00.4c.a1.12.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.55.aa.01.1e.00.00.00.ff.3f.00.00.10.00.00.00.3f.00.00.00.b0.9e.a1.12.00.00.00.00.00.02.b0.96.00.f0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00
name='kbd-type' type=string items=1
value='US-English'
name='ata-dma-enabled' type=string items=1
value='1'
name='atapi-cd-dma-enabled' type=string items=1
value='0'
name='ttyb-rts-dtr-off' type=string items=1
value='false'
name='ttyb-ignore-cd' type=string items=1
value='true'
name='ttya-rts-dtr-off' type=string items=1
value='false'
name='ttya-ignore-cd' type=string items=1
value='true'
name='ttyb-mode' type=string items=1
value='9600,8,n,1,-'
name='ttya-mode' type=string items=1
value='9600,8,n,1,-'
name='lba-access-ok' type=string items=1
value='1'
name='prealloc-chunk-size' type=string items=1
value='0x2000'
name='bootpath' type=string items=1
value='/pci@0,0/pci-ide@e/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:a'
name='console' type=string items=1
value='text'
name='bootprog' type=string items=1
value='/platform/i86pc/multiboot'
name='boot-args' type=unknown items=1
value=00
name='ramdisk_start' type=int items=2
value=01034000.00000000
name='ramdisk_end' type=int items=2
value=055f1000.00000000
name='mfg-name' type=string items=1
value='i86pc'
name='impl-arch-name' type=string items=1
value='i86pc'
name='whoami' type=string items=1
value='/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix'
name='mmu-modlist' type=string items=1
value='mmu64'
Hardware properties:
name='bios-boot-device' type=string items=1
value='80'
name='stdout' type=int items=1
value=00000000
scsi_vhci, instance #0
System properties:
name='class' type=string items=1
value='root'
name='load-balance' type=string items=1
value='round-robin'
name='auto-failback' type=string items=1
value='enable'
Driver properties:
name='pm-want-child-notification?' type=boolean dev=none
name='initiator-interconnect-type' type=string items=1 dev=(174,0)
value='SPI'
name='scsi-selection-timeout' type=int items=1 dev=(174,0)
value=000000fa
name='scsi-options' type=int items=1 dev=(174,0)
value=00107ff8
name='scsi-watchdog-tick' type=int items=1 dev=(174,0)
value=0000000a
name='scsi-tag-age-limit' type=int items=1 dev=(174,0)
value=00000002
name='scsi-reset-delay' type=int items=1 dev=(174,0)
value=00000bb8
Device Minor Nodes:
dev=(174,0)
dev_path=/scsi_vhci:devctl
spectype=chr type=minor
isa, instance #0
Hardware properties:
name='bus-type' type=string items=1
value='isa'
name='device_type' type=string items=1
value='isa'
fdc, instance #0
Driver properties:
name='chip' type=int items=1 dev=none
value=00082077
Hardware properties:
name='dma-channels' type=int items=1
value=00000002
name='interrupts' type=int items=1
value=00000006
name='reg' type=int items=6
value=00000001.000003f0.00000006.00000001.000003f7.00000001
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.FDC0'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='PC standard floppy disk controller'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNP0700'
Register Specifications:
Bus Type=0x1, Address=0x3f0, Size=0x6
Bus Type=0x1, Address=0x3f7, Size=0x1
Interrupt Specifications:
Interrupt Priority=0x5 (ipl 5), vector=0x6 (6)
fd, instance #0
System properties:
name='mode_3D' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='unit' type=int items=1
value=00000000
Driver properties:
name='ddi-kernel-ioctl' type=boolean dev=none
Device Minor Nodes:
dev=(36,0)
dev_path=/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:a
spectype=blk type=minor
dev_link=/dev/fd0a
dev_path=/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:a,raw
spectype=chr type=minor
dev_link=/dev/rfd0a
dev=(36,1)
dev_path=/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:b
spectype=blk type=minor
dev_link=/dev/fd0b
dev_path=/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:b,raw
spectype=chr type=minor
dev_link=/dev/rfd0b
dev=(36,2)
dev_path=/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:c
spectype=blk type=minor
dev_link=/dev/diskette
dev_link=/dev/diskette0
dev_link=/dev/fd0
dev_link=/dev/fd0c
dev_path=/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:c,raw
spectype=chr type=minor
dev_link=/dev/rdiskette
dev_link=/dev/rdiskette0
dev_link=/dev/rfd0
dev_link=/dev/rfd0c
asy, instance #0 (driver not attached)
System software properties:
name='interrupt-priorities' type=int items=1
value=0000000c
Hardware properties:
name='interrupts' type=int items=1
value=00000004
name='reg' type=int items=3
value=00000001.000003f8.00000008
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.UAR1'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='16550A-compatible COM port'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNP0501'
Register Specifications:
Bus Type=0x1, Address=0x3f8, Size=0x8
Interrupt Specifications:
Interrupt Priority=0xc (ipl 12), vector=0x4 (4)
asy, instance #1 (driver not attached)
System software properties:
name='interrupt-priorities' type=int items=1
value=0000000c
Hardware properties:
name='interrupts' type=int items=1
value=00000003
name='reg' type=int items=3
value=00000001.000002f8.00000008
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.UAR2'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='16550A-compatible COM port'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNP0501'
Register Specifications:
Bus Type=0x1, Address=0x2f8, Size=0x8
Interrupt Specifications:
Interrupt Priority=0xc (ipl 12), vector=0x3 (3)
lp (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='interrupts' type=int items=1
value=00000007
name='reg' type=int items=3
value=00000001.00000378.00000008
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.LPT1'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Standard LPT printer port'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNP0400'
i8042, instance #0
Hardware properties:
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='1,60'
name='interrupts' type=int items=2
value=00000001.0000000c
name='reg' type=int items=6
value=00000001.00000060.00000001.00000001.00000064.00000001
Register Specifications:
Bus Type=0x1, Address=0x60, Size=0x1
Bus Type=0x1, Address=0x64, Size=0x1
Interrupt Specifications:
Interrupt Priority=0x5 (ipl 5), vector=0x1 (1)
Interrupt Priority=0x5 (ipl 5), vector=0xc (12)
mouse, instance #0
Driver properties:
name='ddi-no-autodetach' type=int items=1 dev=none
value=00000001
Hardware properties:
name='device-type' type=string items=1
value='mouse'
name='reg' type=int items=1
value=00000001
name='interrupts' type=int items=1
value=0000000c
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.PS2M'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='PS/2 Port for PS/2-style Mice'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='pnpPNP,f03'
Device Minor Nodes:
dev=(116,0)
dev_path=/isa/i8042@1,60/mouse@1:l
spectype=chr type=minor
dev_link=/dev/kdmouse
dev=(116,1)
dev_path=/isa/i8042@1,60/mouse@1:internal_mouse
spectype=chr type=internal
Device Minor Layered Under:
mod=consms accesstype=chr
dev_path=/pseudo/consms@0
keyboard, instance #0
Driver properties:
name='ddi-no-autodetach' type=int items=1 dev=none
value=00000001
Hardware properties:
name='device-type' type=string items=1
value='keyboard'
name='interrupts' type=int items=2
value=00000001.0000000c
name='reg' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='_CID' type=string items=1
value='PNP030B'
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.PS2K'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='pnpPNP,303'
Device Minor Nodes:
dev=(101,0)
dev_path=/isa/i8042@1,60/keyboard@0:kb8042
spectype=chr type=minor
Device Minor Layered Under:
mod=conskbd accesstype=chr
dev_path=/pseudo/conskbd@0
none (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='interrupts' type=int items=1
value=0000000a
name='reg' type=int items=3
value=00000001.00000330.00000002
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.MIDI'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Audio MIDI interface (MPU401 UART)'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNPB006'
joyst (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=3
value=00000001.00000201.00000001
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.PCI0.GAME'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Game port (Joy stick)'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNPB02F'
motherboard (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=45
value=00000000.000f0000.00004000.00000000.000f4000.00004000.00000000.000f8000.00004000.00000000.000fc000.00004000.00000000.1def0000.00010000.00000000.ffff0000.00010000.00000000.00000000.000a0000.00000000.00100000.1ddf0000.00000000.1df00000.02000000.00000000.fec00000.00001000.00000000.fee00000.00100000.00000000.fefff000.00001000.00000000.fff80000.00001000.00000000.fff90000.00030000.00000000.fffed000.00003000
name='acpi-namespace' type=string items=1
value='\_SB_.MEM_'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Motherboard'
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='PNP0C01'
pci, instance #0
Driver properties:
name='device_type' type=string items=1 dev=none
value='pciex'
Hardware properties:
name='ecfga-base-address' type=int64 items=1
value=00000000f0000000
name='available' type=int items=145
value=81000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000170.81000000.00000000.00000178.00000000.00000078.81000000.00000000.000001f8.00000000.0000017e.81000000.00000000.00000377.00000000.0000007f.81000000.00000000.000003f7.00000000.00000569.81000000.00000000.00000968.00000000.00000008.81000000.00000000.00000978.00000000.00000068.81000000.00000000.000009e8.00000000.00000008.81000000.00000000.000009f8.00000000.0000016a.81000000.00000000.00000b63.00000000.0000000f.81000000.00000000.00000b73.00000000.0000006f.81000000.00000000.00000be3.00000000.0000000f.81000000.00000000.00000bf3.00000000.0000400d.81000000.00000000.00004c80.00000000.00003380.81000000.00000000.0000c000.00000000.00000800.81000000.00000000.0000c808.00000000.000003f8.81000000.00000000.0000cc10.00000000.000013f0.81000000.00000000.0000e010.00000000.000013f0.81000000.00000000.0000f410.00000000.00000bf0.82000000.00000000.1df00000.00000000.00100000.82000000.00000000.20000000.00000000.c0000000.82000000.00000000.f4000000.00000000.07000000.82000000.00000000.fd000000.00000000.00800000.82000000.00000000.fd900000.00000000.00200000.82000000.00000000.fdd00000.00000000.00100000.82000000.00000000.fdf00000.00000000.00124000.82000000.00000000.fe028000.00000000.00003000.82000000.00000000.fe02e100.00000000.00000f00.82000000.00000000.fe030000.00000000.00bd0000
name='bus-range' type=int items=2
value=00000000.00000004
name='compatible' type=string items=1
value='pciex_root_complex'
name='device_type' type=string items=1
value='pciex'
name='reg' type=int items=3
value=00000000.00000000.00000000
name='#size-cells' type=int items=1
value=00000002
name='#address-cells' type=int items=1
value=00000003
Register Specifications:
Bus Type=0x0, Address=0x0, Size=0x0
Device Minor Nodes:
dev=(183,255)
dev_path=/pci@0,0:devctl
spectype=chr type=minor
dev=(183,253)
dev_path=/pci@0,0:reg
spectype=chr type=minor
dev=(183,252)
dev_path=/pci@0,0:intr
spectype=chr type=minor
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,2f0.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,2f0.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,2f0.a2' + 'pci10de,2f0' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='fast-back-to-back' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=000002f0
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000100.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,2fa.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,2fa.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,2fa.a2' + 'pci10de,2fa' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0,1'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=000002fa
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000200.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,2fe.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,2fe.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,2fe.a2' + 'pci10de,2fe' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0,2'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=000002fe
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000300.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,2f8.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,2f8.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,2f8.a2' + 'pci10de,2f8' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='fast-back-to-back' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0,3'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=000002f8
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000400.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,2f9.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,2f9.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,2f9.a2' + 'pci10de,2f9' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='fast-back-to-back' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0,4'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=000002f9
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000500.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,2ff.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,2ff.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,2ff.a2' + 'pci10de,2ff' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='fast-back-to-back' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0,5'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=000002ff
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:
name='reg' type=int items=5
value=00000600.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000
name='compatible' type=string items=7
value='pci10de,27f.1043.81c0.a2' + 'pci10de,27f.1043.81c0' + 'pci1043,81c0' + 'pci10de,27f.a2' + 'pci10de,27f' + 'pciclass,050000' + 'pciclass,0500'
name='model' type=string items=1
value='Ram'
name='power-consumption' type=int items=2
value=00000001.00000001
name='66mhz-capable' type=boolean
name='devsel-speed' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='max-latency' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='min-grant' type=int items=1
value=00000000
name='subsystem-vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=00001043
name='subsystem-id' type=int items=1
value=000081c0
name='unit-address' type=string items=1
value='0,6'
name='class-code' type=int items=1
value=00050000
name='revision-id' type=int items=1
value=000000a2
name='vendor-id' type=int items=1
value=000010de
name='device-id' type=int items=1
value=0000027f
pci1043,81c0 (driver not attached)
Hardware properties:

hi Sivasubramanian,
as i'm on a vacation in San Francisco (i'm writing this on my Cingular 8525 Windows Pocket PC 5) I won't be able to take a look at the
report...(my email is jags_fl at yahoo dot com) but after u ran installation check tool did u look at the results? check for those 'Y' & 'N' as showed on following page:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/install_check.html
u would be able to see urself if any hardware is not compatible (at the end of installation check tool)...
- Jags Desai

Solaris 10 x86 installation problem on ProLiant DL380..

I'm trying to put Sol10 b72 on a dual-proc ProLiant DL380 here, with the Compaq 5i array controller.
I have the Solaris 9 drivers from HP; they seem to work just fine for the installation.
The problem comes at the end of the first disc.
Sidebar:
For one thing (and this drove me NUTS until I got lucky and caught it during a reboot), at the end of the install, on the console, it asks for the driver diskettes..again.
The problem is, it doesn't say this ANYWHERE else, only on the console..and if you're doing the installation in the X desktop, you just never know it. It doesn't write this to the xconsole window. I tried installing a good 5-6 times before, instead of hitting the power button out of frustration after the install just hung again, I actually opened up a terminal and typed 'reboot'..and caught the "Please insert the diskette and press Enter" as it killed X. If anyone at Sun is reading this..you may want to fix this, before someone gets very frustrated that their installations never seem to finish...
End Sidebar.
So...I'm doing the console text install (otherwise you'll never see the message to insert the driver diskettes for the Broadcom NIC and the Compaq array), and sure enough, at the end of the install, it asks for the diskette. I pop in the diskette it's specifically asking for (the Compaq array diskette in this instance), and hit enter. It chugs for a second and then says it can't find the driver on the diskette.
Which is incorrect, because if it haden't found it on the diskette during the device configuration assistant phase during bootup, it wouldn't have even been able to install Solaris.
So..what's up? Anyone have any ideas why Solaris finds it one time but can't find it later? Is this a bug or problem in the installation script?
Thanks,
Greg

problem 1 is that it's looking for ../../s0.. Which I
managed to
fake out by creating the dir in the same mount
point.
Problem 2 is that it can't find .tmp_proto, which I
must
concur with. I can't find that on any of the b72 cd
images.
So, the setup_install_server fails.This seems to be the problem when you try to setup an install
server on a Solaris SPARC system for Solaris x86 clients, using
the Solaris 9 or Solaris 10/Express CD media.
There's a Solaris x86 UFS filesystem on slice 0 on the CD media,
and it's supposed to be mounted on the "s0" mount point,
otherwise setup_install_server won't work. On a Solaris x86 box,
vold mounts it automatically for you: /cdrom/cdrom0/s2 is the
mount point for the platform independant ISO9660 part of the CD
media, /cdrom/cdrom0/s0 is the UFS root filesystem.
Problem is that Solaris SPARC:
- does not understand Solaris x86 disk labels
- does not allow mounting x86 UFS filesystems
(and vice versa).
AFAIK, Solaris 9 DVD media does not have this problem. I
guess the same will be true when Solaris 10 DVD media is
available in a few months. On the DVD media there's enough
free space to include an extra copy of the files in the ISO9660
filesystem.

Solaris 9 x86 installation problem on dell 600sc

I am trying to install Solaris x86 on a Dell 600sc machine. But the installation always abort. It can boot from CDROM and perform hardware scaning. It then fails and reboots itself when loading kernel from CDROM. The error message is:
Warning /pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0 (ata0)
timeout: abort request, target=0 lun=0
Any hint would be highly appreciated.
Jon

I am getting same error with Solaris 10.
Does any one installaed Solaris on this machine.
I am using latest BIOS from DELL.

CTM 8.0 Solaris 10 Sparc-64 Installation Problems

I am installing CTM 8.0 on a Solaris 10, Sparc 64 Sun Server/Workstation. I am having a problem installing the CTM, I installed Oracle 9i with no problems(that I know of) with patch 9.2.0.8. When I go to start the ctmsetup.sh it checks for the latest version of JRE, which is fine, however it says that I don't have the Solaris patches for JRE and it lists them. Well the patches I have are more up to date then those listed so when I tried to install the patches they listed it said that they were obsoleted by what I have already. Secondly it gives the message "Starting Cisco CTM Server Installation using Install Anywhere" but then the next line says "You pressed Cancel/Upgrade/Install" when I hadn't pressed anything, and it just stays there. Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi, how you setup oracle 9.2.0.8 patch?? I tried
cd /oraclesw9i/Disk1
./runInstaller -silent -responseFile /oraclesw9i/patchset_64bit_9208.rsp but, with key -silent i have an error: cannot communicate with X server, on my WinXP workstation?
echo $DISPLAY > myws:0.0

Solaris 10 11/06 installation problem?

hi,
i am new to solaris and just started to install the solaris 10 11/06, the partition for solaris installation is the first primary partition, auto slices was 4,4 GB for /, 1,4 GB for ovarlape,10 GB for /export/home and 500 MB for swap but i customized just for 2 slices one / 14 GB and other swap 660 MB, the installation process completed 100% but then hanged with this error messages:
Installing boot information:
-Updating boot enviroment configuration
-Installing boot blocks (c0d1)
-Installing boot blocks (/dev/rdsk/c0d1s0)
connot open/stat device /dev/rdsk/c0d1s2
ERROR: installboot (1M) failed
ERROR: could not install boot blocks
i pressed the reboot button and got the black screen with this message:
Bad PBR Sig
I wiped the installation again and want to install but waiting for help please:
First what all that error means?
Second where is my installation mistake to solve that?
Third is / and swap enough for installaion or use the auto layout of solairs as i mentioned above?

1-Make the Solaris partion "the only" active partition
2-Boot up the system in single user mode, mount "a"
3-Install solaris grub on mbr (/a/sbin/installgrub -m /a/boot/grub/stage1 /a/boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/<slice>) (i like solaris bundled version of grub :) )
before 3, make sure you got the entries for any other operating system/sytems in your active grub's /boot/grub/menu.lst file to be added to solaris's menu.lst file later.
Reboot, edit menu.lst as necessary.
Good luck.

Solaris 8 on x86, boot problem

hello everyone,
I've installed Solaris 8 on my old Pentium II computer. When I boot it, the hardware configuration wizard always shows up, asking me to do a full scan. The first time, I had to change the keyboard layout, but afterwards, it's allready ok after the full scan. My question is, why doesn't solaris know what hardware I have after one full scan? Can I turn this full scan feature off somehow?
thanks!

During the screens, theres a point at which you can hit F4 for options (it shows on the bottom line). One of the options will be to set it up to autoboot.
I can't recall if you have to save a named hardware configuration or not.
Darren

Solaris 7 Software Installation on x86 System Problem

Experienced error message "disk not found" just prior to Solaris execution of final installation process. This was during Interactive installation. Also recieved "cannot determine boot device name". Could not use set env command in order to set the boot device. It is telling us that there is no boot device set up. Need some information/commands that will enable me to get over this problem and complete the software installation.
This could very well be a simple fix, I just don't have the knowledge bas eto effect it. Please contact at [email protected] or 540 657-6585.
Thanks
Ken

I hope this can help you. I recently posted the similar question on the development group and got help from 'agood214' which I think is the best answer.
(All credit should be to agood214)
Okay, here's the followup and results for my install method.
1. It worked
2. Partition magic and Boot magic are not needed to make this happen.
3. Partition and boot magic do not recognize the solaris partitions on the second master IDE. In fact they give an error ( #110) and offer to "fix" the dirve which will corrupt the install of Solaris.
4. I had scanned the newsgroups and found a utiliuty called XOSL - Extended Operating System Loader at http://www.xosl.org it works like and absolute charm!
=== Other installation notes - mostly my machine is not on the Hardware Comaptibility List but I figured I'd give it a try. System is a K6-III 450 Mhz ( not on HCL) Iwill XA-100A Plus motherboard ( not on HCL ) Sblive PCI valueboard ( not on HCL ) Siig high speed serial board - PCI (not on HCL) Diamond 56k PCI modem ( not on HCL ) I had to remove the modem and serial card as well as dispable PnP in the BIOS.
Then everything loaded pretty normal.
====
agood214 was using two physical drivers, but I tried on one 13 GB Hard Drive with 4 partitions (Solaris7, Win98, Win2000, data-partition) and working beautifully. In my case, I didn't have to disable anything in the BIOS to get them work. Just read though the manual in XOSL if you want to use this boot-loader and it is very easy to install. NOTE: you can not use 'instant boot' in XOSL to boot with the combination of WIN-OS and Solaris. Besides it, everything is prefect.

Problem with solaris 10 08/11 installation on x86 workstation (DELL T5500)

Trying to install solaris 10 08/11 installation on x86 workstation (DELL T5500). Following error message was received after selecting the Oracle Solaris interactive Text (Desktop Session) installation method-
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_147441-01 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Configuring devices.
SUNW-MSG-ID: SUNOS-8000-0G, TYPE: Error, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Major
EVENT-TIME: 0x5075a820.0x8f97a90 (0x1693e68979)
PLATFORM: i86pc, CSN: -, HOSTNAME:
SOURCE: SunOS, REV: 5.10 Generic_147441-01
DESC: Errors have been detected that require a reboot to ensure system
integrity. See http://www.sun.com/msg/SUNOS-8000-0G for more information.
AUTO-RESPONSE: Solaris will attempt to save and diagnose the error telemetry
IMPACT: The system will sync files, save a crash dump if needed, and reboot
REC-ACTION: Save the error summary below in case telemetry cannot be saved
panic[cpu0]/thread=fffffe80000b3c60: pcieb-7: PCI(-X) Express Fatal Error. (0x4)
fffffe80000b3bf0 pcieb:pcieb_intr_handler+1ea ()
fffffe80000b3c40 unix:av_dispatch_autovect+78 ()
fffffe80000b3c50 unix:intr_thread+5f ()
syncing file systems... done
ereport.io.pci.fabric ena=1693e6221600001 detector=[ version=0 scheme="dev"
device-path="/pci@19,0/pci8086,3410@9" ] bdf=2048 device_id=3410 vendor_id=
8086 rev_id=22 dev_type=40 pcie_off=90 pcix_off=0 aer_off=100 ecc_ver=0
pci_status=10 pci_command=47 pci_bdg_sec_status=0 pci_bdg_ctrl=3 pcie_status=6
pcie_command=7 pcie_dev_cap=8021 pcie_adv_ctl=5 pcie_ue_status=4020
pcie_ue_mask=100000 pcie_ue_sev=62030 pcie_ue_hdr0=0 pcie_ue_hdr1=0
pcie_ue_hdr2=0 pcie_ue_hdr3=0 pcie_ce_status=0 pcie_ce_mask=0
pcie_ue_tgt_trans=0 pcie_ue_tgt_addr=0 pcie_ue_tgt_bdf=ffff pcie_rp_status=0
pcie_rp_control=0 pcie_adv_rp_status=7c pcie_adv_rp_command=7
pcie_adv_rp_ce_src_id=2048 pcie_adv_rp_ue_src_id=2048 remainder=0 severity=44
skipping system dump - no dump device configured
rebooting...
Any ideas?

Sometimes, it's just easier and faster
to just start all over and re-install,
particularly when you have only a fresh install on your system.
This time, do not choose to include all the optional "documentation"
(that's what is held on CD5).
I have never found a reason to ever read that documentation so I stopped installing it.
... or you could download and burn a copy of CD5 and use it when prompted.

Content Server 6.0 Installation problem on Solaris

When I installed Content_Server_6.0_SP1_solaris_oracle on Solaris 10 ,I get the following error in log file.
dbg Bundled JRE is not binary compatible with host OS/Arch or it is corrupt. Testing bundled JRE failed.
How can I resolve it
please help me.
Regards
Sandeep

If I installed any installer for sparc Machine on x86.is there any problem.My Solaris machine is x86.
thanx.
Regards
Sandeep.

Solaris 10 x86 Installation on Toshiba Tecra M1

After a lot of trial and error, most of my own creation, I have successfully gotten Solaris 10 installed on my laptop!
My question relates to SMF and creating a "non-networked" milestone. Mainly, umm, what should I leave out from the "all" level? Or more importantly, what should I add to the "multi-user-server" milestone to enable X?
Some items that may help others doing S10 x86 installs:
1) Tecra M1 needed "legacy floppy driver" support DISABLED in the Bios.
2) Tecra M1 installation was done in text mode (option 4) and after installation ran /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig with these settings -
mouse=auto
kbd=us, 104 key
monitor=1280x1024@70hz
vert sync was option "1" (forgot the values)
video card=27 (trident)
Works great!
3) Onboard gigabit NIC was found perfectly.
4) Sound works great
5) Touchpad or USB mouse work fine.
6) Disk setup issues -
I had windows XP on the whole 40 gig disk. Purchased "Partition Commander" and resized XP down to 1/2 the disk. However it took the beginning of the disk (cylinder 1-20000). Solaris 10 would install but would lock up on subsequent reboots. Moving XP to the upper cylinder range fixed this issue (and giving Solaris cylinders 1-X.)
7) Turn off Partition Commander before doing your solaris installation.
I've now installed S10 on dell, toshiba, HP and Sun computers. Main issues have been with peripheral ID and driver installations but other than Wireless Drivers, nothing has failed! Way to go SUN!!
D

problem 1 is that it's looking for ../../s0.. Which I
managed to
fake out by creating the dir in the same mount
point.
Problem 2 is that it can't find .tmp_proto, which I
must
concur with. I can't find that on any of the b72 cd
images.
So, the setup_install_server fails.This seems to be the problem when you try to setup an install
server on a Solaris SPARC system for Solaris x86 clients, using
the Solaris 9 or Solaris 10/Express CD media.
There's a Solaris x86 UFS filesystem on slice 0 on the CD media,
and it's supposed to be mounted on the "s0" mount point,
otherwise setup_install_server won't work. On a Solaris x86 box,
vold mounts it automatically for you: /cdrom/cdrom0/s2 is the
mount point for the platform independant ISO9660 part of the CD
media, /cdrom/cdrom0/s0 is the UFS root filesystem.
Problem is that Solaris SPARC:
- does not understand Solaris x86 disk labels
- does not allow mounting x86 UFS filesystems
(and vice versa).
AFAIK, Solaris 9 DVD media does not have this problem. I
guess the same will be true when Solaris 10 DVD media is
available in a few months. On the DVD media there's enough
free space to include an extra copy of the files in the ISO9660
filesystem.

Solaris 8 x86: Installation on disk connected via IDE controller

I have a PC with a Pentium 4 processor and the following IDE disks:
Disk 1 and 2 at the primary IDE bus.
Disk 3 connected via Promise Ultra 133 IDE controller.
I want to install Solaris 8 Intel x86 edition on Disk 3, but the installation
program only lists disks 1 and 2 as locations for install.
Is there any method how to get Solaris 8 installed on Disk 3?
Thank you very much for your help!

Hello Michael,
thanks for the information.
There is no support for the Promise Ultra 133 IDE controller listed.
Also, searching the internet for a private developed driver was not
successful.
Anyway, I have tried to make a test installation on a hard disk
connected to the primary IDE controller and I detected a lot of
further installation problems with my equipments because of
missing or not properly identified drivers.
So I think I have to make further investigations on concepts
how to get Solaris 8 run in the best way.
Thanks again for your help,
Thomas

Installation problems on Solaris 9

I am having issues installing the base software and can't seen to figure
out how get past this. The error message from the installation log is as
follows:
Accept terms of Software License Agreement? [R] y
pwd: cannot determine current directory!
/tmp/installwnaWXF/checkinstallynaWXF: no home directory
Error during installation. Setup will now exit.
Please correct any errors described in /tmp/tta_inst.log, and then try
again.
Cleaning up temporary files...
# cat /tmp/tta_inst.log
**snip**
Processing package instance <tta> from </tmp/ttainst_1/ttapkg.15978/pkg>
Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition for SPARC Solaris 2.8+
(SPARC) 4.10.903
Tarantella, Inc.
pkgadd: ERROR: request script did not complete successfully
Installation of <tta> failed.
No changes were made to the system.
Script detail for package <tta>
---> checkinstallynaWXF
Any help from here would be appreciated.
gavin

from the diagnostic details:
Architecture           spso0509
Host           SunOS e220r 5.9 Generic_117171-17 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
Package           Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition for
SPARC Solaris 2.8+ (4.10.903)
Package           Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition Andrew
Fonts (4.10.903)
Package           Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition Hangul
Fonts (4.10.903)
Package           Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition Platform
Identity Pack for SPARC Solaris 2.8+ (4.10.903)
Package           Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition Security
Pack for SPARC Solaris 2.8+ (4.10.903)
Package           Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition Windows
Connectivity Pack for SPARC Solaris 2.8+ (4.10.903)
Bill Weir wrote:
Gavin,
Glad you're sorted. Can you confirm that it is 4.10.903 you are using
(not 4.00.903)? I'm concerned if this installation problem is still
present in the later version.
Bill
Gavin Westermann wrote on 31/08/2005 05:00:
Bill - that seems to have done the trick! the installation is now running.
Thanks so much for this.I am running a pair of Sun Ray 170's on my desk
here at home mated to an E220R. I am hoping to use Tarantella to be able
to access and run apps on a win3k server in the same rack.
Gavin
Bill Weir wrote:
Gavin,
This looks like a known problem with TTA 4.00.903 and some Solaris
patches which were distributed at about the same time. However, you say
you're using 4.10.903, and as far as I know the problem should be fixed
in that version.
You could try the workaround described in
http://www.tarantella.com/documentation/sgd/ee/4.0/install.html - search
for "tta_pkgadd" on that page and follow the instructions given there.
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
out how get past this. The error message from the installation log is as
follows:
Accept terms of Software License Agreement? [R] y
pwd: cannot determine current directory!
/tmp/installwnaWXF/checkinstallynaWXF: no home directory
Error during installation. Setup will now exit.
Please correct any errors described in /tmp/tta_inst.log, and then try
again.
Cleaning up temporary files...
# cat /tmp/tta_inst.log
**snip**
Processing package instance <tta> from </tmp>
Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition for SPARC Solaris 2.8+
(SPARC) 4.10.903
Tarantella, Inc.
pkgadd: ERROR: request script did not complete successfully
Installation of <tta> failed.
No changes were made to the system.
Script detail for package <tta>
---> checkinstallynaWXF
Any help from here would be appreciated.
gavin

Installation of Solaris 10 pr x86 paltform

Hello !
Recently I get a version of Solaris 10 for x86 paltform.
I've tried to install Solaris on my comp but I get the next
error:
elf32 read error
Load error: Read of "paltform/i86pc/kernel/unix failed.
First I thought that the problem is in SATA 160 Maxtor disk,
becouse i had one problem with live distribution of Ubuntu Linux too.
So I remove this harddisk and i've replaced it with the ATA Maxtor disk.
I've got the same result.
Has anyone any idea what could be wrong?
Thank you!
by Damijan Bec

I'm newbie in Unix arena so what is "elf32 and " fb" ?
I was hooked by linux three years ago, and now I'm trying to find out what the really UNIX lookse like. And the other reason is that ESRI (GIS software) software works better on UNIX platform then Linux.

No xwin on solaris 10 x86 installation

hi,
is it true, when we install solaris 10 for x86, all we got just text based OS, no graphical menu or something ?
i've installed solaris 10 for x86(4 cd's) on my pc, it only came with text mode. is there something left ?
thx
-newbie-

By accident, I found out that the graphics settings are remembered apparently only if a plug-and-play monitor is present (that reports its properties to the graphics adapter).
Also, during installation, be sure to watch the screen at all times. The "kdmconfig" program is apparently run also during installation. There's a 4-second window (quite at the beginning of the installation) to view the graphics properties as detected by the installer. As soon as you see this screen, hit the SPACE key to stop the timer, then verify the settings if they match your monitor and graphics adapter type. If you have the manuals of these, it's easy to figure out if the settings are appropriate. Hit ESC to start kdmconfig, it'll go right into the XSun configuration (which is used ONLY by the installer with my version of Solaris 10). The installer automatically creates a XOrg configuration and switches to XOrg after reboot (if all went well).
After successful installation of Solaris 10 (when the graphical subsystem is working), you can run "xorgconfig" (in the X binary directory) to create a "xorg.conf" file that you can place in "/etc/X11/" directory. I'm not sure if the file is actually parsed, but you can edit it to change settings if necessary.
(BTW, it would be a good idea if "kdmconfig" would allow users to enter their own maximum/minimum/fixed horizontal and vertical frequencies, edit the mode table and set +/- hsync/vsync and interlace flags, and edit a monitor setting detected automatically. I was close to hair-pulling a couple of times. Also, the installer doesn't seem to save changes to the monitor setting.)

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