Alright I finally fixed the problem. Seems something was wrong with the downloads kept in /var/pkg. The first problem occurred when /var/pkg ran out of space on rpool, so I moved it to a different pool. Finally I upgraded rpool from 2x10GB to 2x80GB, so I didn't mind moving /var/pkg back to rpool. I don't think this really fixed the problem, what probably fixed it was deleting /var/pkg/download beforehand to save space, and disabling the cache.
Matt On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Matthew Carras <matthew.carras at gmail.com> wrote: > I've been tearing my hair out while googling like crazy and reading > the mailing list archives on this. There have been a few related bugs, > I tried the fixes they proposed, and still the same error: "pkg: > image-update cannot be done on live image". > > This is an install from the 2009.06 OpenSolaris Live CD. I've been > using it for about a week when I finally wanted to do an image-update > to 127. > > $ pkg publisher > PUBLISHER ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? TYPE ? ? STATUS ? URI > opensolaris.org ? ? ? ? ?(preferred) ?origin ? online > http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ > blastwave ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? origin ? online > http://blastwave.network.com:10000/ > contrib ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? origin ? online > http://pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib/ > extra ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? origin ? online > https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/extra/ > ha-cluster ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?origin ? online > https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/ha-cluster/ > sunfreeware ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? origin ? online > http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000/ > > $ pfexec pkg install SUNWipkg > No updates available for this image. > > $ zoneadm list -v > ?ID NAME ? ? ? ? ? ? STATUS ? ? PATH ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? BRAND ? ?IP > ? 0 global ? ? ? ? ? running ? ?/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?native ? shared > > $ beadm list > BE ? ? ? ? ? ?Active Mountpoint ? ? Space ?Policy Created > -- ? ? ? ? ? ?------ ---------- ? ? ----- ?------ ------- > opensolaris ? - ? ? ?- ? ? ? ? ? ? ?27.18M static 2009-11-08 01:14 > opensolaris-1 - ? ? ?- ? ? ? ? ? ? ?817.5K static 2009-11-09 00:38 > opensolaris-2 - ? ? ?- ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2.98M ?static 2009-11-09 01:51 > opensolaris-3 NR ? ? / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?8.33G ?static 2009-11-22 19:43 > > $ pfexec pkg refresh --full; pfexec pkg image-update -v > ... > DOWNLOAD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PKGS ? ? ? FILES ? ? XFER (MB) > Completed ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?728/728 47986/47986 1037.93/1037.93 > > pkg: image-update cannot be done on live image > > $ beadm list > BE ? ? ? ? ? ?Active Mountpoint ? ? Space ?Policy Created > -- ? ? ? ? ? ?------ ---------- ? ? ----- ?------ ------- > opensolaris ? - ? ? ?- ? ? ? ? ? ? ?27.18M static 2009-11-08 01:14 > opensolaris-1 - ? ? ?- ? ? ? ? ? ? ?817.5K static 2009-11-09 00:38 > opensolaris-2 - ? ? ?- ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2.98M ?static 2009-11-09 01:51 > opensolaris-3 NR ? ? / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?8.33G ?static 2009-11-22 19:43 > opensolaris-4 - ? ? ?/tmp/tmpckSxt6 42.0K ?static 2009-11-22 20:55 > > $ pfexec pkg -R /tmp/tmpckSxt6 refresh --full > pkg: No image rooted at '/tmp/tmpckSxt6' > > $ pfexec beadm create testbe > $ pfexec beadm mount testbe /mnt > $ pfexec pkg -R /mnt refresh --full > pkg: No image rooted at '/mnt' > > $ pfexec beadm unmount opensolaris-4 > $ pfexec beadm unmount testbe > $ pfexec beadm activate opensolaris-4 > $ pfexec reboot > ... > (reboots into opensolaris-4 just fine) > ... > $ pfexec pkg refresh --full; pfexec image-update -v > ... > DOWNLOAD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PKGS ? ? ? FILES ? ? XFER (MB) > Completed ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?728/728 47986/47986 1037.93/1037.93 > > pkg: image-update cannot be done on live image > > $ pfexec svcadm disable svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:frequent > $ pfexec svcadm disable svc:/system/filesystem/zfs/auto-snapshot:hourly > (and daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) > > -- Same error message. > > Any help would be appreciated! > > Matt >
