Evan, Thanks so much for responding. I'll try the first fix and let you know if it works.
Thanks again! Nita On 12/15/08 15:22, Evan Layton wrote: > It looks like what's in the web-cast is incorrect and needs to be > updated. It does not follow the updated instructions on > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200805/image-update/ > > > > The reason you have the extra entry at the end o the grub menu is > because you ran update-grub. It also looks like the boot archive > didn't get updated by pkg image update which is probably why you're > not able to boot the new 2008.11 BE. > > If you do the following from your old BE you'll probably be able to > boot your new BE. > # beadm mount opensolaris-1 /mnt > # /mnt/sbin/bootadm update-archive -R /mnt > # beadm unmount opensolaris-1 > # beadm activate opensolaris-1 > # reboot > > You can also edit /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst and remove the extra grub > entry at the end of the file to get rid of the extra grub entry. > > To skip all of this you may want to destroy opensolaris-1 and retry > using the correct instructions from: > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200805/image-update/ > > > > -evan > > > Juanita Heieck wrote: >> 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 >
