On 15/06/2011 16:41, Rob Lagunas wrote: > A pre-167 manifest was converted using the 'new-to-newer.py' script and > I tested 167 installs on an x86 and sparc client. The x86 install worked > fine, but the sparc client failed with: > >> SelectionError: Invalid specification of partitions on this sparc platform >> 2011-06-15 02:35:19,608 InstallationLogger ERROR Target selection >> checkpoint error : >> 2011-06-15 02:35:19,660 InstallationLogger ERROR >> Invalid specification of partitions on this sparc platform > > There is a lot more in the install_log file (since it appears debug > output is enabled by default with 167). I can make the entire log > available if needed. > > The disk target details from the pre-167 and 167 manifest are below. Is > there anything I can do to fix this? > > [pre-167 manifest disk target] > <target> > <target_device> > <disk> > <disk_keyword key="boot_disk"/> > <partition action="use_existing"/> > </disk> > </target_device> > </target> > > [167 manifest disk target] > <target> > <disk> > <disk_keyword key="boot_disk"/> > <partition action="use_existing_solaris2" part_type="191"/> > </disk> > <logical noswap="false" nodump="false"> > <zpool name="rpool" is_root="true"> > <vdev name="vdev" redundancy="none"/> > </zpool> > </logical> > </target> > > Thanks!
The problem here Rob, is that we no longer ignore the partition tag in AI on SPARC. We not fail on this. You will need to remove the partition tag. Thanks, Darren. PS - I started a thread about this scenario on caiman-discuss yesterday - look for the subject "AI Manifests and Partitions on SPARC" > > Rob > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss _______________________________________________ caiman-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
