> Well it seems a bug has already been filed about this > very problem: > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bu > g_id=6586621 > > The workaround provided worked as well. > > The bug seem to be closed because of not being > reproducible, but I'm affected by it. Is there > anything I can do to the community to help fix this > problem?
Even though bug fixed some type of error condition, in that has been fixed, the manifestations of using 100% of the disk to the very last sector, may be a underlaying issue, try backing up your data that you want to keep: 1. Shrink the Solaris2 Partition down by a cylinder, note windows always leave aproximately 8meg free for some reason, by running the command fdisk /dev/rdsk/cXdYp0 where X is your boot controller and Y is your boot disk or during GUI Solaris install (recommended) or ttinstall during initial_install make sure the dos and Soalris2 partitioning table does not run the the last sector on the last cylinder. leave it blank of the disk. 2. You can also mask the issue by not using all the sectors in the divvy of the format of Solaris2 fdisk partition , When you either run format and also shrink the last partition down as well or during the Partition panel during the GUI initial_install / ttinstall from the DVD. It is stemming from utilizing all free sectors of the disk during the install of the Solaris2 partition in regards to rounding of cylinders with respect to what should be free sectors i believe is the root of the issue, but bug mentioned fixed other issues on how error 0x3 is is handled from what I can tell. This message posted from opensolaris.org
