On 1/16/08, Aubrey Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 16, 2008 7:07 AM, Jack Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Robin. > > > > Not sure if this is a bug, or if your flar archive is corrupt. A few > > questions: > > > > How soon after you start the install do you get the error? Is it > > immediate, or does it run for a while first? > > > > Have you checked that the archive is not corrupt? Does "flar info -l" work? > > > > Were there any errors when the archive was created? > > > > Are these systems SPARC or X86? > > > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > > > > Robin du wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > > > I'm using flar to clone my current system.(machineA) > > > > > > #flar create -n robin-system -c robin-system.flar > > > > > > And I copy robin-system.flar to another > > > system(machineB:/export/home/robin/robin-system.flar). > > > > > > Now I want to reinstall my current system. > > > NFS and ftp are verified to work well on machineB. > > > > > > When I choose NFS to install flar. > > > machineB(IP):/export/home/robin/robin-system.flar, > > > > > > or I choose FTP to install flar. > > > host: machineB(IP). Dir: /robin-system.flar > > > user: robin password: ****** > > > > > > I got the same error, > > > "Unexpected error found with media or archive selected" > > > > > > Does nevada support flar installation? I'm using B77 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Robin > > Yes, this is a known bug if you are using x86 and GUI installation. > See below: > ======================================================== > x86: Solaris Installation GUI Might Fail When You Install Solaris > Flash Archive (6208656) > > If you use the Solaris installation graphical user interface (GUI) to > install a Solaris FlashTM archive on an x86 based system, the > installation might fail. This failure occurs on systems that are not > running the Solaris OS or the Linux operating system before you begin > the installation. > > The following error message is displayed. > > Unexpected error found with media or archive selected > > Workaround: When the Solaris installation program prompts you to > select an installation type, do not select the Solaris Interactive > option. Select either option 3 or 4 and perform a Solaris Interactive > Text installation. When prompted to specify the media to use during > the installation, type the path to the Solaris Flash archive. > =================================================================== > > Hope this be helpful. > > Thanks, > -Aubrey > Intel OpenSolaris Team >
Thank you, Aubrey! That really fixed my problem. Thanks, -Robin _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
