Vikram, I booted with -v and I get a bunch of output. Then, the system stops at this line:
sv0 is /pseudo/sv at 0 Any ideas? jh On 12/15/08 15:11, Vikram Hegde wrote: > Hi, > > the following message > > WARNING: pcplusmp: mod_remove_by_name failed 16 > > is harmless and can be safely ignored. As to what is causing the hang, you > could try to boot in verbose mode i.e. append a -v to the kernel line in the > GRUB menu: > > For example > > kernel$ /plaform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -v ... > > That will show you approaximately where it is hanging > > Vikram > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Juanita Heieck <Juanita.Heieck at Sun.COM> > To: install-discuss at opensolaris.org > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:04:09 PM > Subject: [install-discuss] System Hangs at Configuring Devices > > Hi, > > I just followed the directions on the live demo for upgrading > from 2008.05 to the 2008.11 release on my Tecra M2. > I also have a Windows partition on the system. > > The install took awhile, but it went fine, all files installed, > etc. But reboot fails. > > But, now I have multiple problems. > > Problem #1: When I reboot the system, I see two menu entries for the > 2008.11 release. > One shows the actual 2008.11 release, the other is the opensolaris-1 BE > I created, mounted, then installed, and unmounted and activated, per > the example in the Osol demo, here: > > http://webcast-west.sun.com/interactive/09B12442/index.html > > When I reboot, the order of the GRUB menu is: > > Opensolaris 2008.05 x86 > Windows > Opensolaris-1 (the one I created and activated using beadm) > Solaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 x86 > > So, I'm assuming there's a problem right there, but not sure > what I can do to fix, since I can only boot 2008.05 and Windows. > > Problem 2: When I attempt to boot either of the 2008.11 versions, > the system hangs right after the message "Use is subject to license terms". > > This message appears: > > WARNING: pcplusmp: mod_remove_by_name failed 16 > > Then, the machine hostname is displayed, and then the message: > > Configuring devices > > And, this is where the system hangs forever, so not sure > what isn't configured correctly and how to fix it? > > I need to figure why I have two 2008.11 instances and how I > can remove one, or both. And, what I need to do to reinstall or > reformat the disk to start over? I don't know if the > problem can be fixed w/o starting over. > > Not sure what the best course of action is at this point, > but I can't risk anything happening with the 2008.05 OS. > > Anyone have any suggestions. > > Desperate in WFH land. > > Thanks, > > Nita > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > >
