X86 1/06 cd boot to install freeze

I'm trying to install the x86 1/06 version of Solaris 10. It boots from the CD into GRUB just fine, I pick Solaris default to boot too and it goes to a screen that says "SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_ etc etc"
theres a prompt but it just stops/freezes. After several hours it sometimes gets to a prompt where I chose the Solaris 1 default agian but thats it. It does absolutley nothing after that the prompt just sits there blinking and mocking me.

okey-dokey everybody, i figured out a few steps to get this problem working.
after using trusty google (google is your freeeeeeind), i found a post just like this where one of the developers(or someone around that rank) explained the problem.
lets see if i can get this right...
a bug got through the developers when solaris 10 was released.
this bug would cause a loop of some kind, and a kernel panic, but these pieces of information are not shown normally.
they involve the bios's acpi
luky for you, i think i have all the solutions possible
solutions (from less to more drastic):
1: try to enable acpi in your cmos (y'now the thing you go into when you hit delete by accident)
2: add one of the following pieces at the end of the kernel line when you are in grub
acpi-user-options=0x0
acpi-user-options=2
acpi-user-options=0x2
i think it varies for some systems, try all three
3:go to your motherboard, or computer manufacturer, and download the latest bios update, and bios flash utility (usually require a dos boot floppy, directions are usually on the site), and flash upgrade your bios (CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS, AND CAN RENDER YOUR SYSTEM UNBOOTABLE IF DONE WRONG)
4: buy a new board or system
you cannot perform step 1 if: your bios has no acpi features
solution: proceed to step 3
you cannot perform step 2 if: you have no keyboard,
solution: that's quite obvious
you cannot perform step 3 if: your bios is an eeprom
solution: put the computer back in the dump where you found it.
you cannot perform step 4 if: you have no money
solution: find a job somewhere
if it doesn't work still, you're hooped (i think)
hope this helps
(sorry to bug you all)
Message was edited by:
dumpsterdiver, it supposed to say dumpsterdiver, not dimpsterdiver, I hate ergonomic keyboards

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