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Cannot install Solaris 10 10/08 on a Dell Precision T5400.

807559Nov 12 2008 — edited Mar 26 2010
Hi,

I try to install Solaris 10 10/08 on a Dell Precision T5400 without success. The machine reboots just after the miniroot banner is shown.
Here is the console output after changing to verbose mode.

================================================================
module /platform/i86pc/kernel/unix: text at [0xfe800000, 0xfe88f43f] data at 0xfec00000
module misc/krtld: text at [0xfe88f440, 0xfe89ee3f] data at 0xfec42428
module /kernel/genunix: text at [0xfe89ee40, 0xfea0cbef] data at 0xfec49c40
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_137138-09 32-bit
Copyright 1983-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
features: 75e7fdf<sse4_1,ssse3,cpuid,mwait,cmp,cx16,sse3,nx,sse2,sse,sep,pat,cx8,pae,mca,mmx,cmov,pge,mtrr,msr,tsc,lgpg>
Using default device instance data
initialized model-specific module 'cpu_ms.GenuineIntel' on chip 0 core 0 strand 0
mem = 16774812K (0xffda7000)
root nexus = i86pc
pseudo0 at root
pseudo0 is /pseudo
scsi_vhci0 at root
scsi_vhci0 is /scsi_vhci
isa0 at root
pseudo-device: ppm0
ppm0 is /pseudo/ppm@0
ramdisk0 at root
ramdisk0 is /ramdisk
SMBIOS v2.5 loaded (3847 bytes)/cpus (cpunex0) online
pseudo-device: dld0
dld0 is /pseudo/dld@0
npe0 at root: space 0 offset 0
npe0 is /pci@0,0
PCI Express-device: pci8086,4025@5, pcie_pci1
pcie_pci1 is /pci@0,0/pci8086,4025@5
ISA-device: asy0
asy0 is /isa/asy@1,3f8
PCI Express-device: pci1028,21e@1d,7, ehci0
ehci0 is /pci@0,0/pci1028,21e@1d,7
PCI Express-device: pci1028,21e@1d, uhci0
uhci0 is /pci@0,0/pci1028,21e@1d
PCI Express-device: pci1028,21e@1d,1, uhci1
uhci1 is /pci@0,0/pci1028,21e@1d,1
PCI Express-device: pci1028,21e@1d,2, uhci2
uhci2 is /pci@0,0/pci1028,21e@1d,2
PCI Express-device: pci1028,21e@1d,3, uhci3
uhci3 is /pci@0,0/pci1028,21e@1d,3
cpu0: x86 (chipid 0x0 GenuineIntel family 6 model 23 step 6 clock 2333 MHz)
cpu0: Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz
cpu1: x86 (chipid 0x1 GenuineIntel family 6 model 23 step 6 clock 2333 MHz)
cpu1: Intel(r) Xeon(r) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz
initialized cpu module 'cpu.generic' on chip 1 core 0 strand 0
initialized model-specific module 'cpu_ms.GenuineIntel' on chip 1 core 0 strand 0
================================================================
<machine reboots>

Solaris 10 05/08 installs without any problem.
Any ideas please?

Thanks,
Isaak
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