Raymond Xiong writes:
> On 07/24/09, Liane Praza wrote:
> > Darren Reed wrote:
> > >jumpstart install and when it booted...
> > >
> > >os-io Hostname: netvirt-a2
> > >Configuring devices.
> > >Loading smf(5) service descriptions: 188/231svc.startd: Insufficient
> > >privilege.
> > >Jul 24 19:47:22 svc.startd[854]: restarting after interruption
> >
> > 6859068 rbac files should not be truncated during boot
>
> When a machine booted up with these warning messages, is this
> machine still usable? I ask this because I need to run some
> tests on latest build. I installed some machines this afternoon
> and noticed some of them booted up with these messages, but
> "svcs -xv" output nothing unusual. So I bfu'ed them to snv_120_rel,
> but then they couldn't boot up anymore. Below was the error message
> on console:
>
> --8<--
>
> svc.configd: Fatal error: /etc/svc/repository.db: service_tbl
> table creation fails: attempt to write a readonly database
> Requesting System Maintenance Mode
> (See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
> svc.configd exited with status 102 (database initialization
> failure)
>
> Enter user name for system maintenance (control-d to bypass):
>
> --8<--
>
> Is there any way (other than reinstallation) to workaround this
> issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Raymond
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6859068 can induce a wide variety of repository corruptions. The best
thing to do is to restore the seed repository on the newly installed
machine. You can do this with the following command:
/lib/svc/bin/restore_repository
When prompted for you choice of repository, you should choose -seed-.
tom
