> > What is reported when you type the "root" command? > > > > Root command comes back with: > > (hd0,0,a) Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xbf
Hmm, expected would be a filesystem type of "zfs", not "unknown". Since there was linux installed on the disk, maybe this is the problem where the opensolaris installer apparently installs to the linux swap fdisk partition (0x82) instead of the new solaris fdisk partition (0xbf): http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200811/x86/#6670311 If that is the case, it's probably easiest to wipe the old fdisk partition table from that disk (since you want to use all of the disk for opensolaris, nothing would be lost), and re-install from scratch. > > 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 > > I looked at these two links. I tried the "zpool > import -f rpool" workaround but that didn't help. I > didn't understand the instructions for the other > suggested workaround, so I did not attempt it. The second bug only apply if the root command would have reported a filesystem type of "ufs", but here we have "unknown". > I mounted the hard disk. /boot/grub appears to > contain all the right stuff (stage1, stage2, etc.) > > Is there some command that I can give at the grub > prompt to make things right? At the grub prompt, does a "geometry (hd0)" command list more than one partition? And I guess at the grub prompt, "cat /boot/grub/menu.lst" does not work and reports an error? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
