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Help On Installation in Intel 865 Motherboard

807559Nov 3 2007 — edited Nov 4 2007
Hi
I am struggling to decide whether or not I should download SUN SOLARIS 10 x86.
As there seems to be no support for most of my hardware and also as I have Limited Data Plan(2.5GB @ 2Mbps).
I am currently using Fedora 7 and Windows XP Filesystems are ext3,swap and ntfs.

After going through HCL,.which didn't provide results too conlusive,I downloaded "Solaris Operating System for x86 Installation Check" ISO file.
When I booted the PC from burnt CD (SONY DVD DRIVE;Secondary Master), it showed "Loading GRUB...".
After this nothing happened but Drive was in continuos use, as its led was blinking continuosly.(I kept it on for almost an hour)
I tested the CD in VMWare.It worked and it asked me whether to save some report file in floppy drive.

Please tell me if my hardware can run solaris.
Please help me.I want to use Solaris.
Any information will be high appreciated.
Thanks

MY HARDWARE:
CPU Type
Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133) Socket 478 32-bit CPU SHOULD WORK

Motherboard Name
Intel Bay Field D865GBF (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) NOT IN LIST
Motherboard Chipset
Intel Springdale-G i865G
BIOS Type
AMI (03/07/05)
IDE Controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers NOT IN LIST


System Memory
640 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM

Video Adapter
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (512 MB) AGP Graphics Card;manufactured by Zebronic NOT IN LIST
(BUT GF 7300 LE/GS SUPPORTED)

Monitor
LG 500G [15" CRT] (143211241);manufactured by LG NOT IN LIST

Disk Drive
ST340014A (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) NOT IN LIST

Optical Drive
HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B;manufactured by LG NOT IN LIST(But should not be a problem)
SONY DVD RW DRU-810A NOT IN LIST(But should not be a problem)

Keyboard
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard; manufactured by LG NOT IN LIST(But should not be a problem)

Mouse
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse;manufactured by LG NOT IN LIST(But should not be a problem)


ONLY HARDWARE THAT ARE REPORTED TO WORK ARE:
Audio Adapter Creative Audigy LS Audio Processor SUPPORTED(Reported to Work)
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/components/details/949.html

Network Adapter D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter SUPPORTED(Reported to Work)
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/components/details/2729.html

Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) SUPPORTED(Reported to Work)

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME
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