i forgot to mention the time that i was trying against all odds to get a serial console going couldn't find answers on line THEN out of FRUSTRATION and a desire to COMMISERATE i googled for "solaris is a pain in the ass" try it feel lucky, punk hah that's beautiful in a saddest-thing sort of way yeah it blew my mind like some kind of cosmic joke as if Solarius, the god of the OS underworld was saying, "Now that I've broken your spirit, I'll tell you the answer.... ha ha ha"