Jesse,
Thanks for the response . . . my comments are below.
One of the more noticeable changes with 169 onward is the migration of the root
TFTP directory from /tftpboot to /etc/netboot. That's the place to look for
validation of your bootfiles, configurations, etc.
Note if you're also running Jumpstart on the same server, there is some manual
work that's required to relocate the files in /tftpboot over to /etc/netboot,
then replace /tftpboot w/ a symlink to /etc/netboot. If there were non-AI files
in /tftpboot, the installadm-convert.py utility should have informed you of
this step.
The system I'm using is dedicated to AI services only; just the way the
lab AI servers are configured.
A second change related to what you're seeing is that we no longer have bootfiles named as
"I86PC*", but rather we have default services and client-specific bootfiles named by their
Client ID (which is "01" + client mac address). The conversion utility should have created an
/etc/netboot/<client id> bootfile for each client-specific bootfile in /tftpboot. And, any new
client bindings that you add from 169 onward via create-client will create a Client ID bootfile in
/etc/netboot.
I see this now and re-ran 'installadm create-client' for my client and
would have hoped the client-ID specific menu.lst file would have the
proper entries, but it doesn't.
Does this mean I need to delete the service and then re-create it?
Let me know if that gets you going on the right track. If not, we can continue
here, or we can get on the phone quickly if that suits.
I think I'm closer, thanks!
Rob
Just updated a test AI server from 165 to 169 and ran
/usr/sbin/installadm-convert to get the AI server running again. When I try to
install an X4200 with a pre-existing 166 AI service, I see the following on the
client's console:
kernel$ /I86PC.Solaris-2/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B
console=ttya,install=true,install_media=http://10.134.7.48:5555/pool01/ai/services/sol-11-dev-166-ai-x86,install_service=sol-11-dev-166-ai-x86,install_svc_address=10.134.7.48:5555
loading '/I86PC.Solaris-2/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B
console=ttya,install=true,install_media=http://10.134.7.48:5555/pool01/ai/services/sol-11-dev-166-ai-x86,install_service=sol-11-dev-166-ai-x86,install_svc_address=10.134.7.48:5555'
...
cpu: 'AuthenticAMD' family 15 model 1 step 2
[BIOS accepted mixed-mode target setting!]
module$ /I86PC.Solaris-2/platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
loading '/I86PC.Solaris-2/platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive' ...
Error 20: Multiboot kernel must be loaded before modules
Press any key to continue...
There are no /tftpboot/I86PC* directories/mountpoints and no entries in the
vfstab. I'm aware of bug 7040399 and 6999502 (no nge adapters on the client),
but wonder if my AI server is in this state because of installadm-convert.
Can anyone help me understand what's going on?
Rob
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