Solaris Installation just give me a "grub " prompt,

Hi Solaris Experts,
Upon installing the solaris in 32 bit pc intel celeron single core, when I already boot the installation disk it just give me "grub>" prompt it will not go with the boot menu of the solaris. What will I need to do. Is there hardware compatibility?
How will I also install solaris into logical partition, is it possible? Any idea? I will mutli boot it along with other os.
Thanks.

jharky17 wrote:
Hi Solaris Experts,
Upon installing the solaris in 32 bit pc intel celeron single core, when I already boot the installation disk it just give me "grub>" prompt it will not go with the boot menu of the solaris. What will I need to do. Is there hardware compatibility?Which version of Solaris exactly? If its OpenSolaris OS, then there is a device compatibility test app on the live CD desktop. Otherwise, look for the HCL on BigAdmin.
From the grub command line, there are things that you can type to try to manually poke around and boot.
How will I also install solaris into logical partition, is it possible? Any idea? I will mutli boot it along with other os.No, Solaris doesn't support logical partitions. Multiboot shouldn't be a problem though.
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