Hi, Yup, no SPARC bits here yet.
I ran into this same failure. Change (add) your ai manifest to point to /dev. <AI May 15 13:53:54> installation will be performed from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release (opensolaris.org) <AI May 15 13:53:54> installation will be performed from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release (opensolaris.org) Steffen Weiberle said the following on 05/15/09 08:40: > On 05/15/09 11:19, Andre Molyneux wrote: >> I installed 111b2 from LiveCD onto an x86 system, configured install >> services for both x86 and SPARC (downloading the latest AI images >> off of nana.sfbay), and tried doing AI installs to both types of >> machines. Installation of a Toshiba x86 laptop succeeded, while >> installation of a SPARC T2000 failed. >> >> Here's the sequence of what I did: >> >> installadm create-service -n x86_111b_svc -i 172.20.64.100 -c 10 -s >> /var/tmp/AI/images/osol-0906-111b-ai-x86.iso >> /var/tmp/AI/targets/x86_111b >> >> When this succeeded, I booted the x86 client off the net and started >> its install. Then I configured a SPARC service: >> >> installadm create-service -n sparc_111b_svc -s >> /var/tmp/AI/images/osol-0906-111b-ai-sparc.iso >> /var/tmp/AI/targets/sparc_111b >> >> Tried booting the SPARC client to see what would happen considering >> that the x86 service had been set up first. It got a file that wasn't >> executable, so it appeared to be getting the x86 service. Then I did >> a create-client for the SPARC machine: >> >> installadm create-client -e 0:3:ba:d8:ce:f6 -t >> /var/tmp/AI/targets/sparc_111b -n sparc_111b_svc >> >> After this I tried booting the SPARC client again and this time >> it got a usable miniroot and proceeded with the install. I then >> let both installs run to completion. >> >> First question -- is there anything wrong with how I configured >> things above? >> >> The x86 install completed successfully. The SPARC install failed. >> The full install log is attached, but here's an excerpt that contains >> the failure info. This occurs after all the packages have apparently >> been successfully installed: >> >> <ICT May 15 14:51:28> devfsadm command output: devfsadm: could not >> find major number for driver ipnet >> <ICT May 15 14:51:28> devfsadm command output: devfsadm: could not >> find major number for driver ipnet >> <ICT May 15 14:51:28> current task:update_boot_archive >> <ICT May 15 14:51:28> shell cmd (bootadm update-archive -R /a 2>&1) >> returned status 256 >> <ICT_E May 15 14:51:28> Updating boot archive fails. exit status=256 >> command=bootadm update-archive -R /a 2>&1 >> <ICT_E May 15 14:51:28> Failure. Returning: ICT_UPDATE_ARCHIVE_FAILED >> <ICT May 15 14:51:28> current task:create_sparc_boot_menu >> <ICT May 15 14:51:28> current task:_get_root_dataset >> <ICT May 15 14:51:30> current task:copy_sparc_bootlst >> <ICT_E May 15 14:51:30> Unexpected error when copying the sparc >> bootlst file /rpool/boot/menu.lst > > > menu.lst? sounds very x86ish! > > In your attachment, you are pointing to the /release, not /dev repository > > My 'fix' was to modify /usr/share/auto_install/default.xml. I say > 'fix' as that is not the best way, however, certainly quick. > > Steffen > > >> <ICT_E May 15 14:51:30> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "./ict.py", line 1850, in copy_sparc_bootlst >> shutil.copyfile(bootlst_src, bootlst_dst) >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 47, in copyfile >> fsrc = open(src, 'rb') >> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: >> '/a/platform/sun4v/bootlst' >> >> <ICT_E May 15 14:51:30> Failure. Returning: >> ICT_COPY_SPARC_BOOTLST_FAILED >> >> There is nothing under /a after the installer terminated, but I suppose >> it unmounted the filesystem it was writing to before exiting. Is there >> anything else I should look for while the system's still sitting in this >> state (logged in after failed install)? >> >> Andre >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss -- ~~~~\0/~~~~ Cheers, Jon. {-%] ======== If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten. - Anon. -------- When someone asks you, "Penny for your thoughts," and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? - G. Carlin (May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008) ======== -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: jon_aimone.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 274 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20090515/076f013b/attachment.vcf>
