[ug-bosug] Linux For You May 2007, Installation Instructions - Special Note

[Joe G (Joseph George)]

Folks,

As many of you know, Linux For You carried the Solaris Express  
Developer Edition DVD in its May edition.

It is likely that some users may run into a problem with installing  
it due to a bug. If you happen to hear of anyone who is running into  
this bug, could you please direct them to this URL?

http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Tweaking_Solaris

There is a very simple workaround available. It is also documented in  
this email.

Please encourage them to join opensolaris.org and a local OSUG. If  
they dont have a local OSUG yet, do encourage them to join BOSUG or  
email BOSUG (ug-bosug at opensolaris.org) with any of their queries.

Thanks for your help,

Cheers,

~Joe

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Linux For You, May 2007 Edition: Solaris Express DVD

Known Issues

Installer hangs after entering 'root' password

During the installation of SXDE 3/07 (The DVD shipped with "Linux for  
You", May 2007 edition), the installer might appear to hang after you  
type the 'root' password and click Next (LFY Article Step 8)

This happens if you choose any Non-US timezone (in LFY Article Step  
7). The bug was subsequently found and fixed. It is officially  
documented here

The workaround is to use some US timezone and avoid all Non-US  
timezones (in Step 7 of the installation). E.g. Choose "Americas ->  
United States -> Central Time". After your installation is  
successful, boot to your installed Solaris instance, run the sys- 
unconfig command as 'root' user and reboot, to change the Time-Zone  
to whatever is appropriate.

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Joe G (Joseph George)
Joe.G at Sun.COM
http://www.blogs.sun.com/josephgeorge
http://www.belenix.org