[install-discuss] luactivate: how to fix things from boot:net?

Vincent Fox wrote: > So after playing around with lucreate & luactivate > > I now have an unbootable system. > > This is on Sparc with ZFS root mirror. > > How to fix? > > The luactivate command before I rebooted gave me useless advice about > mounting the disk which doesn't work with a mirror

[install-discuss] grub failed when upgrade to b101

gerard at free wrote: > hello all, > i have a ultra20 with two disks mirrored (SVM). b99 is installed by > liveupgrade from b95. Now, i use liveupgrade to upgrade from b99 to > b101. Everything seems ok expect when i reboot, grub never shows the new > b101 environnmnt. If i try to modify grub to

[install-discuss] UFS -> ZFS

dick hoogendijk wrote: > OK, I upgraded from S10u5 to S10u6 succesfully. The system is till on > UFS. I want it converted to ZFS. So on a second drive I do: > # zpool create rpool c0d1 > # lucreate -n zfsBE -p mpool > > eowyn# lucreate -n zfsBE -p mpool > Checking GRUB menu... > System

[install-discuss] LU from b93 to b94 with ZFS hanging

Ian Collins wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: > >> I can't seem to upgrade a system form b93 to b94: >> > Possibly due to the same problem I was unable to export a USB ZFS > filesystem (zfs export hung), so I rebooted the system and everything > worked fine. >

[install-discuss] LU from b93 to b94 with ZFS hanging

Ian Collins wrote: > I can't seem to upgrade a system form b93 to b94: > > Possibly due to the same problem I was unable to export a USB ZFS filesystem (zfs export hung), so I rebooted the system and everything worked fine. Odd. Ian

[install-discuss] LU from b93 to b94 with ZFS hanging

I can't seem to upgrade a system form b93 to b94: lucreate -n b94a -p rpool works fine. luupgrade -n b94a -u -s /net/quadfx/mnt/ System has findroot enabled GRUB No entry for BE in GRUB menu Copying failsafe kernel from media. Uncompressing miniroot Uncompressing miniroot archive (Part2) 13367

[install-discuss] ZFS boot, upgrade and mountpoints.

Ethan Quach wrote: > > > Ian Collins wrote: >> A quick question about LU on ZFS boot: >> >> Problem: default installs put stuff in /opt, bit I don't want the stuff >> I add to be part of a BE. >> >> Will the tools cope with other ZFS filesystems

[install-discuss] ZFS boot, upgrade and mountpoints.

A quick question about LU on ZFS boot: Problem: default installs put stuff in /opt, bit I don't want the stuff I add to be part of a BE. Will the tools cope with other ZFS filesystems mounted under /opt? For example, # zfs create -o compress=on -o mountpoint=/opt/csw rpool/csw Will LU recogni

[install-discuss] sNV b90 Interactive Install Hung up?

Kyle McDonald wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: >> Kyle McDonald wrote: >> >>> Kyle McDonald wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I first experienced this while booted off the DVD, but chalked it >>>> up

[install-discuss] Removing the UFS BE after migrating to ZFS boot.

Is there a way to remove the old UFS BE after migrating to ZFS boot? ludelete complains about removing grub, but it looks like -f may work. I'm not sure is the system will be bootable if I try this. Ian

[install-discuss] sNV b90 Interactive Install Hung up?

Kyle McDonald wrote: > Kyle McDonald wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I first experienced this while booted off the DVD, but chalked it up >> to a bad DVD burn, and decided to Net boot to an interactive install >> instead. >> >> I'm using a text installer over a serial console, and the installer >>

[install-discuss] Very odd happening during an LU from b90 to 91

I am in the process of running an luupgrade on a ZFS root b90 system to b91. Shortly after the upgrade started, the system's desktop all but froze and most applications crashed, leaving a screen full of exited unexpectedly messages. When I restarted them, all the system fonts had changed. I've s

[install-discuss] Disastrous Live upgrade to from b72 to b83a

Dave Miner wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: >> Dave Miner wrote: >>> Ian Collins wrote: >>>> After upgrading from b72 to b83a, the system boos, but all of the >>>> network services (including ssh) are to be offline. All exported file >>>> systems s

[install-discuss] Disastrous Live upgrade to from b72 to b83a

Dave Miner wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: >> After upgrading from b72 to b83a, the system boos, but all of the >> network services (including ssh) are to be offline. All exported file >> systems show up as read protected and root owned to NFS clients. >> > >

[install-discuss] Disastrous Live upgrade to from b72 to b83a

Dave Miner wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: >> After upgrading from b72 to b83a, the system boos, but all of the >> network services (including ssh) are to be offline. All exported file >> systems show up as read protected and root owned to NFS clients. >> > > So wh

[install-discuss] Disastrous Live upgrade to from b72 to b83a

After upgrading from b72 to b83a, the system boos, but all of the network services (including ssh) are to be offline. All exported file systems show up as read protected and root owned to NFS clients. The following packages filed to upgrade: SUNWmcc SUNWaudiohd SUNWcsmauth SUNWupdatemgrr I wa

[install-discuss] Odd LU checksum error

During a Live Upgrade, when first I read this I thought cksum wasn't large file aware: cksum: input file "/.alt.tmp.b-aEb.mnt/core": Value too large for defined data type The file in question: -rw--- 1 root root 3904364687 Jul 20 2007 /core So I tried cksum from the command line

[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

Miroslav Nachev wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to install new fresh Solaris copy under old > installation without loss of existing data? I am asking because > yesterday I run Solaris Update/Upgrade b81 and after that my Solaris > stop working. The GUI is not working, the network is not workin

[install-discuss] installing sxde 09/2007 on 256MB possible?

Dennis Clarke wrote: >> On 22/10/2007, Radim Kolar SF.NET wrote: >> >>> I have trouble installing SXDE. Machine boots fine and after downloading >>> driver >>> NIC card is detected SXDE starts configuring network card and after some >>> delay >>> it stats to load data from DVD and then instal

[install-discuss] "add_install_client" from hell: expr: syntax error

Roland Mainz wrote: > Hi! > > > > As requested (by Sarah) here comes the "add_install_client" thing which > failed horribly during the OpenSolaris summit machine pool setup: > -- snip -- > # $PWD/add_install_client -i 192.168.1.99 -e 0:14:4f:e:88:a8 xxx99 sun4u > adb: syntax error on line 1 of

[install-discuss] Best way to upgrade a system with zone roots on ZFS?

Dick Davies wrote: > On 22/09/2007, Ian Collins wrote: > >> I'd like to (preferably live) upgrade my server from b62 to b72, but I >> have a couple of possible show stoppers which I'm sure others have >> encountered: >> >> The system had identic

[install-discuss] Live Upgrade: how to re-use old BEs?

Arvid Warnecke wrote: > Hi, > > I used live upgrade to get from b70 to b72. So I now have two BEs: SXCE1 > and SXCE2, where SXCE2 is the currently activated b72. > I now would like to live upgrade to b74 and I am wondering how I can > re-use the initial installation SXCE1. > > I tried to use lucrea

[install-discuss] Best way to upgrade a system with zone roots on ZFS?

I'd like to (preferably live) upgrade my server from b62 to b72, but I have a couple of possible show stoppers which I'm sure others have encountered: The system had identical boot drives, which confuses boisdev. I can use the replacement shell script workaround for that one I think (should the s

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS layout to "whole disk roo

UNIX admin wrote: > In other words: it's a perfect example of vendor believing that he knows what > his customers want, and at the same time not listening to his customers. > > The layout was discussed openly and agreed on a OpenSolaris list, as have all matters relating to the new installer.

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS

UNIX admin wrote: > > Now the next question: I haven't looked at the ZFS code in depth, but is it > theoretically possible to modify the code so that the Solaris kernel can boot > from a RAIDZ, RAIDZ2 or a striped pool? > > That is the plan, but not in the first release. Ian

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS layout to "whole disk roo

UNIX admin wrote: >> The factory installations of servers will soon (if >> not already) be >> coming out with the following root disk layout: >> >> Slice 0 15Gb / >> Slice 1 4Gb swap >> Slice 3 15Gb allocated for LU >> >> The remaining disk will be left free for the customer >> to partition as

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS

UNIX admin wrote: >> Wasted space is traded off here with the ability to >> do in-place >> upgrades and patching without downtime. >> > > Yes, and that's my problem with LU: space must be allocated in advance for > something that might never be used or needed. That is a major drawback of LU.

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS

UNIX admin wrote: > Now the next question: I haven't looked at the ZFS code in depth, but is it > theoretically possible to modify the code so that the Solaris kernel can boot > from a RAIDZ, RAIDZ2 or a striped pool? > > Yes, that is the plan but it will not be supported in the first releas

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS

UNIX admin wrote: > > Removal of /export/home as a separate slice is very much needed, simply > because that particular layout uses disk space very inefficiently: for > example, under that particular layout, AND under "discrete filesystems" > layout in general, there will be filesystems which ar

[install-discuss] What would it take to change the default FS layout to "whole disk root"?

UNIX admin wrote: > As to subject says, I believe that the "small /, the rest for /export/home" > is inadequate as the default. What good is a default if it ends up being > changed as a rule, and not an exception? > > What I'd like to see is the default to change to the "whole disk /" approach,

[install-discuss] Live Upgrade, SVM and grub still not playing well together

Sean McGrath - Sun Microsystems Ireland wrote: > > Ian Collins stated: > > < I just tried creating a new BE on a build 62 system where the current > > < root is an SVM mirror and the new BE is another and this is what I got: > > > > You may

[install-discuss] Live Upgrade, SVM and grub still not playing well together

I just tried creating a new BE on a build 62 system where the current root is an SVM mirror and the new BE is another and this is what I got: bash-3.00# lucreate -c b62 -m /:/dev/md/dsk/d6:ufs -n b68 Discovering physical storage devices Discovering logical storage devices Cross referencing storage

[install-discuss] Re: luupgrade probelm :(

John-Paul Drawneek wrote: > Ok, after some help it seems that lu is broke - joy > > lu will not work using a cd as source or using a loopback iso image. > > As I posted on the other list, it does work. Ian

[install-discuss] Upgrade procedure question. (Or why can't an upgrade simply be done with a set of package adds)

Brian Gupta wrote: > On 6/14/07, *James Carlson* > wrote: > > > Using a separate disk slice is no-brainer easy. > > > Not for someone who isn't familiar with Solaris. (That may be where I > am not explaining what I meant by easy). It is quite likely they will

[install-discuss] Re: Extracting windowing system. Please wait... problem

Roman Sozinov wrote: > Did you find how to fix that problem? I have the same :) > > How much RAM do you have? Ian

[install-discuss] Screen Resolution Problem During Installation of Solaris 10 11/06

Paul Tran wrote: > Yes. The thread title sums it up. > > I have an ATI Radeon X1650 video card. BENQ FP71E+ "17 LCD Monitor. > > During installation, I tried to configure the monitor display. However, I > don't know which option to take. > > As this is a Solaris 10 question, try solarisx86

[install-discuss] Installing Firefox using Blastwave Breaks System

Jerry Gardner wrote: >I installed Firefox using Blastwave ("pkg-get -i firefox") and it broke the >Java Desktop System. > > > Please don't multi-post the same question to more than one list. Ian

[install-discuss] Purple Haze now opensinstaller

Sarah Jelinek wrote: > Hi Darren, > > Thanks for the information. We did look extensively at Purple Haze > last summer. I will take a look at what they have posted on dev.java.net. > Is there a policy on the use of Java components in the installer? The current installer takes a lot of flak regard

[install-discuss] Re: [caiman-discuss] Dwarf GUI Demo available

Sarah Jelinek wrote: > > > Ian Collins wrote: > >> Sarah Jelinek wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> For those who might be interested to see how the Dwarf GUI is >>> progressing, we have created a binary package (X86) which is a >>

[install-discuss] Re: [caiman-discuss] Dwarf GUI Demo available

Sarah Jelinek wrote: > Hi All, > > For those who might be interested to see how the Dwarf GUI is > progressing, we have created a binary package (X86) which is a > snapshot of the latest development code. > > Package can be downloaded from here: > > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/files/S

[install-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Re: [dtrace-discuss] Three screencasts of OpenSolaris Technologies

Peter B. Kessler wrote: > > Does anyone have a Shockwave Flash player for Solaris (x86) I > could borrow? > Macromedia? http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_7_solaris_x86.tar.gz Ian

[install-discuss] Problem in Installing Solaris Express .

Mirlan Ipasov wrote: >Hi, >I have problem in installing Solaris Express on x86 32 bit intel P4 >Workstation. Which has SATA HD. 512 MB of Memory. >It is giving PCI error. >Any Suggestions? > > > Sate the problem and the system components and someone might be able to help. Ian

[install-discuss] creating solaris.iso on mac osx

Renout wrote: >I'm having some weird troubles with setting up the solaris installation disk. >i've download solaris 10 express from sun. cat the file in terminal. mounted >the iso file with disk utility and burned it on dvd. >now my x86 machine just won't recognize it as a bootable dvd, while it

[install-discuss] Re: [caiman-discuss] Dwarf Caiman Data posted

Sarah Jelinek wrote: >> Adding LU support from the install is a great idea, many new users only >> discover it after they have installed. But it does get complicated with >> too many filesystems. >> >> > > Agreed. I do think we need to set this up at install time to make it > easier for our us

[install-discuss] Re: [caiman-discuss] Dwarf Caiman Data posted

James Carlson wrote: >Sarah Jelinek writes: > > >>>OK, so what is the default filesystem layout going to look like? >>> >>> >>> >>Like this, sizes dependent on disk size >> >> [x] / >> [ ] /opt >> [ ] /usr >> [ ] /usr/openwin >> [ ] /var >> [X] swap >> >>

[install-discuss] Any chance of doing a live upgrade form build 36 to 54?

James Carlson wrote: >Ian Collins writes: > > >>Is this possible for this situation, or is the build gap too big? Is >>so, what are the Zones tool patches? >> >> > >There are no patches created for Nevada, and the gap you're talking >about

[install-discuss] Installing several solaris releases on one disk via JET

Oliver Haertel wrote: >Hello all, > >How would I go about installing i.e. >- Solaris 9 to slice0 >- Solaris 10u1 to slice3 >- 10u3 to slice5 > > > An alternative to those suggested is to use Live Upgrade to set up several boot environments. I use this on a test box to track the state of variou

[install-discuss] Any chance of doing a live upgrade form build 36 to 54?

I have a server with a number of zones I'd like to live upgrade. Unfortunately the build 54 LU reports ERROR: You must install the Zones tool patches to use this set of Live Upgrade packages to manipulate the boot environment at . Is this possible for this situation, or is the build gap too big

[install-discuss] Bad day in LU city...

I've hit another LU problem (b49->b54). When booting the new BE, I get a number of SMF errors, topped out with: system/filesystem/local:default failing with a fatal error. >From /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-local: [ Dec 22 08:19:46 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/fs-local") ] WARNIN

[install-discuss] Creating a BE buggers up the nVidia driver

Dave Miner wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: > >> I've just discovered that simply running lucreate on a system using the >> nvidia driver causes the driver in the current BE to loose the ability >> to detect nVidia cards: >> >> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to in

[install-discuss] Creating a BE buggers up the nVidia driver

Ian Collins wrote: >I've just discovered that simply running lucreate on a system using the >nvidia driver causes the driver in the current BE to loose the ability >to detect nVidia cards: > > > Correction, I had run luupgrade on these systems. Ian >(EE) NVIDIA(0)

[install-discuss] Creating a BE buggers up the nVidia driver

I've just discovered that simply running lucreate on a system using the nvidia driver causes the driver in the current BE to loose the ability to detect nVidia cards: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA

[install-discuss] Failed package install with LU from b52 to b54 with zone

I've just completed an upgrade from build 52 to build 54 on a system with one branded zone. One package failed to install: Doing pkgadd of SUNWcacaort to / pkgadd: ERROR: The package is currently installed on the system in the global zone. To install the new instance of this package in the globa

[install-discuss] LU and J2SE patches

Dave Miner wrote: > > This happens because packages get added to > /var/sadm/install/gz-only-packages file and not removed; I think we've > fixed the patch tools so this shouldn't happen now. You should be > able to just remove those packages from the file (in fact, you can > remove all of them s

[install-discuss] Re: LU and J2SE patches

Dave Miner writes: > > This happens because packages get added to > /var/sadm/install/gz-only-packages file and not removed; I think we've > fixed the patch tools so this shouldn't happen now. You should be able to > just remove those packages from the file (in fact, you can remove all of > t

[install-discuss] LU and J2SE patches

Dave Miner wrote: > Ian Collins wrote: > >> I've just performed a live upgrade on a build 49 system to build 53. >> The following packages failed to install in the new BE: >> >> bash-3.00# more /mnt/var/sadm/system/data/upgrade_failed_pkgadds >> SUNWcacao

[install-discuss] LU and J2SE patches

I've just performed a live upgrade on a build 49 system to build 53. The following packages failed to install in the new BE: bash-3.00# more /mnt/var/sadm/system/data/upgrade_failed_pkgadds SUNWcacaort SUNWj5rtx SUNWj5dmx SUNWj5dvx Earlier in the week, I ran PCA to patch up my Studio tools and I

[install-discuss] Live upgrade and zones

Is there a published timeline for getting LU to play nicely with zones? Cheers, Ian.