[ug-bosug] Re: Problem with Solaris Express Community Release b50

[Ananth Shrinivas]

Hey Anand,

You should have used the Installer DVD and got a shell. From there you 
should have mounted the Filesystem on your hard disk and then edited 
/etc/passwd. Or you could have done the same by booting in the Failsafe 
mode from grub - its still simpler - the failsafe kernel automatically 
mounts the filesystem on your hard disk under /a

Ananth

Anand Bheemarajaiah wrote:
> Well we can do that any time right. I have installed solaris 3 times in last 2 days. i don't want to install it again. I just need to know some simple way of skipping it and going to login menu. 
> 
> I have a off topic question to ask, When i had installed solaris for the first time yesterday by mistake i had changed the login shell of root from /sbin/sh to /sbin/bash. so when i logged out and logged in again it used to say "No Shell" and come back to login prompt. Since i couldn't find a way out I just reinstalled Solaris again. My question is, was there any way by which i could have made it work without having to reinstall it ?
> 
> regards,
> Anand B
> 
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>> Hi Anand,<br>The problem is there coz during the
>> installation,you must have selected the option of
>> installing the Solaris Software Pack as well as the
>> Java Enterprise system.I had the same problem and
>> tried installing it without checking these options
>> and it works fine in that 
>> case.So you might have to install it again unless
>> there is some other way out..<br><br>I was having
>> another problem.The release doesnt install unless i
>> actually disable my legacy usb from the BIOS.This
>> happens not only during installation but also when i
>> boot 
>> opensolaris.I have to disable by legacy usb else it
>> doesnt boot.Any suggestions coz its a big
>> problem.<br><br>Shovik.<br><br><div><span
>> class="gmail_quote">On 1/20/07, <b
>> class="gmail_sendername">Anand Bheemarajaiah</b> <
>> <a
>> href="mailto:anand_bheemaraju at yahoo.com">anand_bheemar
>> aju at yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote
>> class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid
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>> I have this Solaris installed successfully in my
>> system.<br><br>Grub gets loaded successfully but when
>> i select the Solaris OS ( i.e. not the fail_safe one
>> ) it takes me to a Solaris Installer ( java based ).
>> Where it asks me to install Solaris Software 6, when
>> i skip the installation it asks me to install java
>> enterprise software, when i skip this too it takes me
>> to a screen where it says click "Reboot
>> Now" to continue.
>> <br><br>I click on the [b]Reboot Now[/b] button but
>> it just doesn't reboot. I checked out some of it
>> myself and found that it gives a ArrayIndexOutOfBound
>> Error.<br><br>Can you please tell how to cancel this
>> and go to the graphical login screen from the next
>> boot.
>> <br><br>regards,<br>Anand B<br><br><br>This message
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