William,
Thanks for the information you provided. That will help us refining our testing. Thanks! Li Fan William Schumann wrote: > Li, > This seems OK to me. On x86, the first cylinder is reserved, so the > starting sector is moved to the second cylinder. The partition table > you list below looks fine to me. > > Run format->fdisk on the disk to check the partition. > > FYI, partition_start_sector is optional, and not declaring a > partition_start_sector in a partition_action=create would cause the > new partition to be placed at the front (the front of whatever free > region on the disk fits best). Also, partition_number is ignored for > partition_action=create - only used for partition_action=delete. > William > > Li Fan wrote: >> Hi, William, >> >> I am trying to verify that if partition_start_sector is set to 0, >> automated installation will fail. >> >> I created the following manifest, >> >> <ai_manifest name="ai_test_manifest"> >> <ai_target_device> >> <target_device_name>c7t0d0p0</target_device_name> >> >> <target_device_use_solaris_partition>false</target_device_use_solaris_partition> >> >> >> >> <target_device_overwrite_root_zfs_pool>true</target_device_overwrite_root_zfs_pool> >> >> >> </ai_target_device> >> <ai_device_partitioning> >> <partition_action>create</partition_action> >> <partition_number>1</partition_number> >> <partition_start_sector>0</partition_start_sector> >> <partition_size>20480</partition_size> >> <partition_type>191</partition_type> >> </ai_device_partitioning> >> <ai_pkg_repo_default_authority> >> <main url="IPS_URL" authname="AUTHNAME"/> >> <mirror url=""/> >> </ai_pkg_repo_default_authority> >> <ai_packages> >> </ai_packages> >> </ai_manifest> >> >> >> and use the option "-I" of auto-install. >> The manifest passed validation. After target initiation was >> completed, following fdisk table was got: >> >> * Id Act Bhead Bsect Bcyl Ehead Esect Ecyl Rsect >> Numsect >> 191 0 0 1 1 254 63 1023 16065 >> 41926975 >> The actual start sector was set to 16065. >> >> I was using osol-0906-110-ai-x86.iso image. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> --Li Fan >> >> >> >> >>
