Hi Folks,

My installation always failed due to bad geometry.
.......................
r...@opensolaris:~# uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_135 i86pc i386 i86pc
r...@opensolaris:~# cat /tmp/install_log
<AI Apr 11 21:14:20> /tmp/ai_combined_manifest.xml is a valid manifest
<AI Apr 11 21:14:20> Auto reboot enabled
<AI Apr 11 21:14:20> Initiating Target Discovery...
<OM Apr 11 21:14:21> Ignoring c4t4d0 because of bad Geometry
<OM Apr 11 21:14:21> Ignoring c4t5d0 because of bad Geometry
<AI Apr 11 21:14:22> No disks found on the target system
<AI Apr 11 21:14:22> Automated installation failed in Target Discovery module
<AI Apr 11 21:14:22> Please see previous messages for more details
........................

But the disk should be OK.

partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk sectors available: 286722911 + 16384 (reserved sectors)
...................
Part      Tag    Flag     First Sector         Size         Last Sector
  0        usr    wm                34      136.72GB          286722911
  1 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  2 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  3 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  4 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  5 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  6 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  8   reserved    wm         286722912        8.00MB          286739295
...................
partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk sectors available: 143358320 + 16384 (reserved sectors)

Part      Tag    Flag     First Sector         Size         Last Sector
  0        usr    wm                34       68.36GB          143358320
  1 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  2 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  3 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  4 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  5 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  6 unassigned    wm                 0           0               0
  8   reserved    wm         143358321        8.00MB          143374704
............................


I can read/write/format my disks without any errors. How can avoid the problem of bad geometry?

Thanks,
-Reed

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