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Unable to Install Solaris OS on X7-2 Server

4011422May 31 2019 — edited Jun 4 2019

Installation of Solaris 11.4 on a X7-2 server stops, it is a local installation, trying to use either a USB or DVD Drive attached to the server.

Tried both:

x86 Text Installer (742 MB)

x86 USB Text Installer (895 MB)

Im using serial MGT port and console output redirected to it after reseting system.

Selecting F8 for BBS Popup (CTRL+P on serial keyboard) in order to select the USB or DVD drive

Seems like it loads on memory but from there nothing can be done, cursor blinks but nothing can be typed, I have left it there for too long and nothing else is displayed:

5 4 3 2 1 0

Booting 'Oracle Solaris 11.4'

Loading hd2,msdos2,sunpc1/platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix: 0%...44%...88%...

done.

Loading hd2,msdos2,sunpc1/platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive: 0%...0%...1%...

2%...3%...4%...5%...6%...7%...8%...9%...10%...11%...12%...13%...14%...15%...

16%...17%...18%...19%...20%...21%...22%...23%...24%...25%...26%...27%...28%...

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80%...81%...82%...83%...84%...85%...86%...87%...88%...89%...90%...91%...92%...

93%...94%...95%...96%...97%...98%...99%...done.

Have checked the image for both USB and DVD text installer software against the relevant sha256 digest and it is OK.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance

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