> This is the new device in use feature that was added
> to format for b27. The mounted filesystem warning at
> this point is just a warning. It will allow you to
> label this device, even if you change the size of
> this slice, but only if you are going to grow the
> slice with the mounted filesystem. Otherwise you
> have to unmount the slice first.
Fair enough. It was only because things did not seem to be working properly
that I mentioned the new messages in my original post.
> > [b]Error occurred with device in use checking:
> > Permission denied[/b]
> >
> This is again part of the device in use checking, but
> this error is harmless. It simply means we couldn't
> check the device status so we continued on. This
> message, nor the device in use checking, have nothing
> to do with the failure you are seeing(as far as I
> know) in format displaying the disk geometry.
Yep, my subsequent rebooting with the NV19 installation disk and still seeing
the same disk label problem led me to that conclusion. But, as error messages
go, "permission denied" is a fairly strange one to see when you're running as
root, and not very informative either!
> This disk label issue is another matter and I am not
> sure what is going on there. Sounds like install
> might be doing something strange...
Yep. My experience so far is:
First try: Graphical install; deleted existing Solaris fdisk partition and
re-created it to claim more space that I freed up from my WinXP (hack, cough)
partition. I then did a custom format to lay my slices out. End result:
installation worked but the disk label was weird.
Second try: Booted into Knoppix, DD'd zeros all over Solaris fdisk partition,
then deleted it completely. Then ran a desktop text install, during which I
created the Solaris fdisk partition, and then did a custom format to lay my
slices out. (very simple layout - slice 0 is 1GB swap, slice 1 is 4GB root).
End result: installation worked, and the disk label is fine.
So, from that limited experience, my guess is either the disk label problem is
associated with the graphical install, or it's a random problem which just
happened to clobber me on the first try. I'll be installing another machine in
the next day or so, and I'll post a quick followup to say whether the graphical
installation had problems on that box too.
Thanks for the info,
Jason =:^)
This message posted from opensolaris.org
_______________________________________________
opensolaris-help mailing list
[email protected]
