Yes, it's most like caused by unsatisfied dependency. You can confirm this with log content at
/etc/svc/volatile/system-filesystem-usr:default.log -tony William Roche wrote: > Hello Lori, > > If the service is marked "offline" it means that it didn't start. > > In fact, there is a difference between svc:/system/filesystem/root:default > and svc:/system/filesystem/usr:default > --> This is the kind of dependencies they have: > > % svcprop svc:/system/filesystem/root:default | grep group > metainit-root/grouping astring optional_all > root/grouping astring optional_all > (both optional) > > % svcprop svc:/system/filesystem/usr:default | grep group > boot-archive/grouping astring require_all > scheduler_usr/grouping astring optional_all > (one is required) > > --> So you can start svc:/system/filesystem/root:default, but you must start > svc:/system/boot-archive:default before being allowed to have > svc:/system/filesystem/usr:default to start. > > HTH, > William. > > > > Lori Alt wrote: > >> I'm working on modifying the smf methods that >> run early in system startup. This is related to booting >> from a zfs root file system. I'm trying to modify >> the /system/filesystem/usr method, but editing >> /lib/svc/method/fs-usr seems to have no effect. I'm booting >> to milestone=none, then enabling the >> services one by one to start the system. First I do: >> >> # /sbin/svcadm enable svc:/system/filesystem/root:default >> >> and that works (and DOES show the effect of changes I've >> made to it). Then: >> >> # /sbin/svcadm enable svc:/system/filesystem/usr:default >> >> but modifications I've made to the fs-usr method have >> no effect. It's as if there's a copy of it stored someplace >> (in the repository?) that is running instead. Just to make >> sure of this, I edited /lib/svc/method/fs-usr to have >> "/sbin/uadmin 1 1" as the first line. So enabling the >> filesystem/usr service should have caused the system to >> reboot. But no. The service claimed to be "offline". So >> what am I missing? Why can I modify the fs-root method, >> but not the fs-usr method? >> >> Lori >> >> _______________________________________________ >> smf-discuss mailing list >> smf-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > _______________________________________________ > smf-discuss mailing list > smf-discuss at opensolaris.org >
