Installing Solaris 8 on Dell C600 (Keyboard problems)

I am trying to install Solaris 8 on my Dell Latitude C600. When it gets to the "Select Language" screen, my keyboard is inoperable and I can not continue. Does anyone know a workaround. I teied a PS/2 keyboard and have the latest BIOS update.
Thanks

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Hi,
I have a new Dell T300 system with SATA drives and have installed Solaris 10/09 on it and oracle 10.2.0.2. I have restored a database backup to the ASM (2 disks in the group) and am trying to recover the database. Each archive log is taking a long time to restore.
The CPU is idle, the disk io is low but I am seeing this from iostat -cx
device r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv svc_t %w %b us sy wt id
cmdk0 0.0 7.0 0.0 135.6 1.0 0.7 239.7 28 39 6 2 0 92
cmdk1 0.0 6.2 0.0 132.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0 0
cmdk2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
cmdk3 0.0 20.6 0.0 180.8 1167.2 2.0 56757.5 100 100
cmdk4 0.0 18.4 0.0 251.2 1205.8 2.0 65639.2 100 100
sd0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
nfs1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
In this state the disk is unresponsive, I created a zfs pool on another slice and it hangs whilst the figures look like this . I am performing a find . -name '*' -print and it waits for ages then blurts out a block of filenames then waits again . I think that whenever the log file being restored changes the zfs springs into life and the svc_t time and io rates come back to what I would expect.
I am trying to work out where the problem lies. Is it hardware on the drive controller of the new dell, is it solaris 10/09 (I haven't run oracle on this before) or is it a combination of ASM and the above.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to diagnose the problem?

Now thats better.
the archive logs are applying in seconds as opposed to minutes and look at the disk stats for comparison.
device r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv svc_t %w %b us sy wt id
cmdk0 42.0 380.7 2014.4 5017.6 932.5 1.9 2210.6 96 97 18 7 0 75
cmdk1 44.2 380.0 2060.8 5036.8 901.9 1.9 2130.5 94 94
cmdk2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
cmdk3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
cmdk4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
sd0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
nfs1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
The svc_t times are an order of magnitude lower also %w and %b are still high.
I feel this is more normal. At least it is useable.
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I recently purchased an E7450 in Turkey and right arrow/end button made a different clicking sound than the other keys -right out of the box-. I wasn't particularly concerned until (after about 1.5 months of use) the key dislodged and I saw that the connector underneath was broken.
I called Dell Support (which is supposed to provide next day on-site service) and I was expecting a call and a visit the next day. However it has been 2 weeks now and today (in response to my enquiry) I was told that they do not have any keyboards in stock, it is expected to ship from abroad and they can not give me an expected repair date.
I am exteremely disappointed with the level of service particularly:
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- not being informed about the progress and not being provided with an expected repair date

Update on the issue: It has been 34 days now and finally a technician arrived - albeit with a wrong part! So it has been almost 5 weeks now without any solution from Dell.
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During installation of Solaris 7 or 8 in Intel plateform, I have encountered following problem listed below.I have also checked the motherboard's chipset with Sun's Hardware Compatiability List, it is there.
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SUN-OS secondary Boot Version 3.0
Solaris Intel Platform Edition Booting system
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HP Split x2 Keyboard Problem

My wife has a new HP Split x2. The hard keyboard continually stops working for no apparent reason and she usually has to reboot or go into the sleep mode to get it to come back on. All Windows 8.1 updates are installed.
I've seen keyboard problems addressed in these forums, but it's usually about a permanent problem versus an intermitent one.
What is causing this issue and how can I fix it?

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I grasp that your keyboard stops responding for not apparent reason, but if you reboot or go into sleepmode and wake it up, it starts responding again.
You have done all your windows updates.
Have you tried running The HP Support Assistant to help with HP updates and resolving issues.
Here is a link to HP Drivers & Downloads. Please input your exact model on split x 2 and follow the on screen prompts to display the drivers for your notebook. Please check for a bios update. If there is one, I suggest contacting HP for assistance with updating the bios, as it does have the potential to cause issues, if something should fail during the process.
Updating the BIOS
How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?
Please call HP technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region HP Technical Support Sitemap.
You could also try using msconfig to determine if there is a software conflict. Here is a Widows document to assist with that process. Using System Configuration (msconfig).
Please note the section on Services.
After hiding all Microsoft services, click on the startup tab and disable all
Restart your computer to see if the issue persists.
If it does not, go back to the msconfig and start enabling services until the issue returns, to determine the conflict.
You will need to restart after each one.
As it is new, you could also contact HP support. They have the ability to remotely log onto your system and may be able to locate and resolve the issue for you.
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Solaris 8 & Keyboard Problem on DELL Inspiron Laptop

Hi all,
Trying to install Solaris 8 on Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop, but the keyboard gets stuck at the stage where I need to select the language. No response to keyboard and the machine just hangs. The keyboard works initially, I used the F2 key to continue to the next screen. Has anyone seen this before? Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
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I'm experiencing this exact problem on my Dell Inspiron 4000 as well. When I trying to select the Language stage of the installation, my laptop responds with garble text, and then the laptop locks up. Please let me know if you have a resolution.
vinh
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Problem facing installing Solaris 10 on Dell inspiron 6400.

Hi,
I am facing problem in installing Solaris 10 on my Dell inspiron 6400.
It is giving "cannot find driver for screen device /isa/motherboard@1,61" error.
Please help...
Thanks In Advance
Saurabh

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Problems installing Solaris 10 on Dell PowerEdge 800

Hi,
I am experiencing some trouble when I attempt to install Solaris 10 on a Dell PowerEdge 800. It is equipped with two RAID disks controlled by a Dell CERC SATA 1.5/6ch (according to the BIOS).
The installation program reports that it cannot write to the disk. This happens when it is about to start installing files. Tried setting it to a single volume and disable RAID. Same thing. Read another article saying something about disabling IDE, well it doesn't seem to help ...
Any hints?

I have the same problem on a dell 750 with the SERC controller. I can add some more information but if you get a solution I would appreciate the detail.
1) If I install Solaris via the SERC in RAID 1 mode then the alarm on the SERC goes off as soon as I start to write to the disk.
2) I bypassed the SERC and installed on a single disk straight off the motherboard. Time the install crashed at the same point but this time the error message told me that the first available cylinder was number 3! Ah
3) I reconnected the disk via the SERC, rebuilt the RAID array and made a mistake. I created a RAID 0 (striped) array and installed the software starting from cylinder 3. I got a complete solaris install that rebooted fine and is fully working.
BUT I NEED A MIRRORED SYSTEM SO
4) I rebuild the machine again this time RAID 1 and again the crash occured at exactly the same point i.e. as soo as I start to write to the disk.
Whether or not DELL / Adaptec support Solaris should not be an issue. This is a BIOS configurable RAID controller that can be fully serviced (e.g. disks replaced) from the BIOS. The system sees the array as a disk via the controller and indeed it is seeing it.
The SERCs own data configuration data should be on sectors which are not visible to solaris VIA the SERC so we shouldnt be able to damage them but I suspect that this may not be the case.
I suspect that the answer is in the partition layout and who or what creates them (I dont mean the Solaris slices but the FDISK partitions)
To make matters worse, since I need the machine working I went back to disks straight of the motherboard and configured again and used metadevices to set up a fully mirrored systemas I have done many times before on sparc (but never on Solaris x86)
This worked fine but I thought that I would test bootability in the event of disk failure. There isnt any!
if disk 1 fails then the motherboard wont accept disk 2 unless you swap the cables and move it do disk 1 and by then the boot sectors are wrong for the address of the device. I can probably solve this by building both disks in slot one but who wants a mirrored server that you have to open up and move a cable when the disk fails. I think I may have to ditch SATA and go back to SCSI !

Problems installing Solaris 10 rel. 1/06 on Dell PowerEdge 2850

Hello,
Tried to install - Solaris does say "No disks".
Wanted to use Sun's driver for LSI PERC 4e/Di RAID contoller which is onboard, so I made the diskette according to instructions. The driver is for Solaris 10 3/05 and there seems to be no new one for 1/06 release.
Used option 5 in the menu [Apply driver updates].
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Please, help.
Thanks in advance.

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Tried to specify boot option "acpi-user-options=2" in the GRUB. Then it fails to mount the floppy drive
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Yeah, I knew this was going to happen...
This is bug 6312400:
Synopsis: ps/2 floppy is not enumerated when acpi is disabled or not supported
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6 312400
Unfortunatelly, there's no fix available at this time for bug 6312400, neither
in Solaris Express, nor in Solaris 10 u1.
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which is the only way to add the ITU driver.
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Unless this is changed between OpenSolaris / Solaris Express / Solaris Nevada and Solaris 10 Update 1, it is possible to add (one [*]) ITU driver
from an optical media.
Now all you have to do is figure out how to convert the ITU floppy to an
ITU CD-{R,RW}.
Have a look at the "build" script, function "make_itu_cd_image()"
contained here: http://www.tools.de/solaris/itu/
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[*] http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6 340822

Problems installing Solaris 10 1/06 on Dell PowerEdge 2850

Hello,
Tried to install - Solaris does say "No disks".
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Please, help.
Thanks in advance.

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http://solaris.manga.org/install.html
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As some of you may have a Dell Laptop I am asking if anyone has
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no, you can't use USB devices on SPARC as boot device.
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