IA-64 GUI CD-ROM (or any) install is not working on the Lions as of qa0102 tree. Falls back to text mode install.
Are there any messages before it falls back?
Big Sur GUI install works in these instances: single processor machine: CDROM, NFS dual processor machine: CDROM GUI-NFS install does not work on the Big Sur dual processor machine in the lab. It won't even fall back into a text install. (TUI-NFS does work on that same machine).
No. The screen goes black and the machine is hung.
Huh? The report says it falls back to text mode.
Oh, my mistake. On my 2 processor Big Sur, it hangs while starting the X server and never comes back.
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Florence Gold release
Re: GUI-NFS install on Big Sur dual processor There is no message when this fails. The screen goes black as if the GUI were getting ready to come up, then the system just locks. I can't switch to the other virtual terminals to get any useful information.
I'm not interested in the Big Sur failures; that's a different known problem; the original bug was posted about the Lions falling back to test mode - what messages are there in that case?
Closing due to inactivity.