Need help, I'm kinda new to this, I try to install the Solaris 8 Intel on AMD XP as second os (XP Pro 1st os) but failed. I get this error message: error: Configuration error - missing controller? The root file system is not mounted and the configuration assistant has exited prematurely. Booting is unlikely to succeed. CTRL-ALT-DEL may be used to reset the machine. Failover to boot interpreter - type ctrl-d to resume boot > I tried ctrl-d it didnt work like it said and give these error message: Cannot load drivers for (can't load the root filesystem) Please help, thank you

Hi, Have you gotten a private response for this? I have the same error message displayed. /Mike

Dear Colleagues; H E L P ,,, I'm having the same problem ... It has progressed from contined reboot out of the configuration screen when trying to partition on one drive ... I scraped that scenario and opted for partitioning two additional disk in hopes that this would make the difference. I boot from CDROM 1 of 2 and build drivers through scanning. I have identical problem ... I would like to know where the problem is for this one. If I can find the answer I will update this message with my findings ....

I found the following posts through google's newsgroup search. Since I couldn't modify the install CD, I made a boot disk from: http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/dca_diskettes/ with dd.exe found here: ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/sun/solaris/x86/dd.exe The catch is that you need to adjust one of the rc files in the solaris subdirectory in the boot disk. Comment out the line "setprop pciide true" with a "#" in front so it reads "# setprop pciide true" in the file bootenv.rc. To do this, I used a Solaris machine to make this change. I'm not sure how to do it if you don't have a way to edit the boot disk. Here's the posts I found on Google. Good luck to you. From: Doug Boivin (dvgb@toast.net) Subject: Solaris 8 intel install Newsgroups: alt.solaris.x86 Date: 2002-04-12 15:55:29 PST The install starts (from CD 1 of 2), goes to the device configuration assistant (finds: ISA: Floppy disk controller ISA: motherboard ISA: PnP bios: ECP 1.x compliant parallel port ISA: PnP bios: Serial controller ISA: PnP bios: Serial controller ISA: System keyboard (us-english) PCI: audio device PCI: Busmastering IDE controller PCI: Ethernet controller PCI: VGA compatible display adapter F2 appears to load 2 drivers(com.bef,ata.bef) Then: "error: Configuration error - missing controller? the root filesystem is not mounted and the configuration assistant has exited prematurely. Booting is unlikely to succeed. CTRL-ALT-DEL may be used to reset the machine. Failover to boot interpreter - type ctrl-d to resume boot" What gives? I haven't seen anything on the boards or in the FAQ's that relate to an error this early in the install. Doug B. Message 2 in thread From: Bob Becker (bob@becker.org) Subject: Re: Solaris 8 intel install Newsgroups: alt.solaris.x86 View this article only Date: 2002-04-13 04:42:59 PST "Doug Boivin" wrote in message news:3CB4C21C.62443ACB@toast.net... > Then: "error: Configuration error - missing controller? > the root filesystem is not mounted and the configuration assistant has > exited prematurely. Booting is unlikely to succeed. CTRL-ALT-DEL may be > used to reset the machine. > Failover to boot interpreter - type ctrl-d to resume boot" > > What gives? I haven't seen anything on the boards or in the FAQ's that > relate to an error this early in the install. Go to the bootenv.rc file in the /Solaris subdirectory on the boot floppy. Comment out the line that reads 'setprop pciide true' by changing it to '# setprop pciide true'. This will allow you to install the OS. Remember to take a hard look at the default partitioning allocation. You'll probably want to change it to increase the /root partition size. After the install, you then have to reboot from the floppy again and go into the same file in the /boot subdirectory on the hard drive and do the same thing to the file on the hard drive so you can boot from that. If you are having the same set of problems I had, you'll have more problems than this. Remember to disable 'PnP Aware OS' in the BIOS, and you may also have to disable your on-board LAN if you have one.

Computing.net Hey Doug and Bob thanks for the reply! I read and tried from June 11 to July 11, but still no solaris installed until today. Here is my summary of your great work! I used the configuration assistant floppy file S8_fcs.3 down loaded from sun. http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/dca_diskettes/ With S8_fcs.3 and dd.exe in a folder I called solarisBootDisk. Using win98 at the MS_DOS prompt at C:\solarisBootDisk> I entered the command dd.exe S8_fcs.3 and the configuration assistant floppy is almost ready. Win98’s “notepad” was used to open, edit and save a file to be changed in the configuration assistant’s files. In the floppy the file bootenv.rc is found in the “solaris” folder the file is seen using: Files of type: All Files (*.*) Click the file name to open it. Comment out setprop pciide ‘true’ like this: #setprop pciide ‘true’ Set the bios to boot from the floppy and put in an X in the box for the targeted CD-ROM which contains the solaris8 software 1 of 2 CD during the boot questioning process. Hey the first half of the OS loads! I expected to be prompted for the second CD, but the computer just rebooted to reinstall the first CD again even with the boot floppy removed. I turned off the machine and installed the second CD rebooting with the floppy again. The second half loaded too! The solaris OS load is complete. Now I tried to reboot after setting the bios to boot from the harddrive. It would not boot from the harddrive, but it did boot from the floppy with an X input for targeting the harddrive. While in the solaris environment using the “file manager” I searched for the file bootenv.rc like this: File > find, entering bootenv.rc in the upper right input box. Clicked on the file name and commented out setprop pciide ‘true’ the same way done in the boot floppy. Saved (as needed) and shut down the computer entering the command “poweroff” at the console. Restarted the machine and this time the machine booted directly from the harddrive. Thanks for the extra note: Remember to disable 'PnP Aware OS' in the BIOS, and you may also have to disable your on-board LAN if you have one. Reading is good, but its great to move on. Thanks for the help! Talk to you later, Tony