> I just installed 200811.  I am using the entire disk
> for OpenSolaris;

What kind of disk?

(an usb flash memory disk would be a special
case for this kind of bug:
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4755 )


> there are no other partitions.  (The
> disk previously had Linux installed on it.)  There
> were no reported errors during the install.
> 
> Now, when I try to boot, I get only a grub prompt
> (i.e. "grub>"). 

What is reported when you type the "root" command?


> There was no mention of grub during
> the installation.  I had the same experience a few
> weeks ago when I tried to install a pre-release
> version of 200811.  About six months ago, I installed
> 200805 (on a different computer) and did not have
> this problem.
> 
> What's going on here?  It looks like the 200811
> installer did not put a new copy of grub on the MBR,
> or at least did not set it up properly.

grub is there, but has problems accessing the root
filesystem.  It's probably one of:

http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4675
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4772
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