Thanks Damon. Mine currently is in 151a, and looks like this:
root@marvin:~# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- oi_147 - - 3.24G static 2010-09-19 15:12 snv_151a NR / 21.98G static 2010-11-19 13:11 sol-11-exp-201011 - - 13.68M static 2010-11-19 12:01 solaris11 - - 6.75G static 2011-11-27 15:40 root@marvin:~# cat /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst splashimage /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz background 215ECA timeout 10 default 5 #---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ---------- #---------------------END BOOTADM-------------------- title oi_147 findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm foreground d25f00 background 115d93 bootfs rpool/ROOT/oi_147 kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,console=graphics module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= title Boot From Disk0 rootnoverify (hd0) chainloader +1 boot #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= title Boot From Disk1 rootnoverify (hd1) chainloader +1 boot #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= title Boot From Disk2 rootnoverify (hd2) chainloader +1 boot #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= title sol-11-exp-201011 findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm foreground d25f00 background 115d93 bootfs rpool/ROOT/sol-11-exp-201011 kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,console=graphics module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= title snv_151a findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm foreground d25f00 background 115d93 bootfs rpool/ROOT/snv_151a kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,console=graphics module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= title solaris11 findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm foreground d25f00 background 115d93 bootfs rpool/ROOT/solaris11 kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,console=text -vsk module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive #============ End of LIBBE entry ============= and since I'd already moved to Solaris 11 Express, my publisher is already set: root@marvin:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI solaris (preferred) origin online http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ and the upgrade went like this: step1, create a clone of 151a, and mount it on /a (I think I called it "solaris11") step2, "pkg -R /a install pkg" (in doing so, this created new BE called "solaris11-1") step3, reboot into "solaris-11" and do "pkg image-update" (this created "solaris11-2"). step4, boot from "solaris11-2", fails (#FAIL!?) step5, boot back from 151a, clean up intermediate BEs step6, complain bitterly. NB. I saved the "pkg image-update" output: root@marvin:~# pkg image-update Packages to remove: 214 Packages to install: 175 Packages to update: 596 Create boot environment: Yes Create backup boot environment: No DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 985/985 72881/72881 1198.9/1198.9 PHASE ACTIONS Removal Phase 30124/30124 Install Phase 75443/75443 Update Phase 79415/79415 PHASE ITEMS Package State Update Phase 1581/1581 Package Cache Update Phase 810/810 Image State Update Phase 2/2 PHASE ITEMS Reading Existing Index 8/8 Indexing Packages 985/985 Optimizing Index... PHASE ITEMS Indexing Packages 771/771 A clone of solaris11-1 exists and has been updated and activated. On the next boot the Boot Environment solaris11-2 will be mounted on '/'. Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE. The following unexpected or editable files and directories were salvaged while executing the requested package operation; they have been moved to the displayed location in the image: var/saf -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/var/saf-20111127T154326Z var/sadm/system/logs -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/var/sadm/system/logs-20111127T154327Z var/run -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/var/run-20111127T154327Z var/lp/ppd/caches -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/var/lp/ppd/caches-20111127T154327Z var/lp/ppd -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/var/lp/ppd-20111127T154327Z usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages-20111127T154327Z etc/saf/zsmon -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/etc/saf/zsmon-20111127T154327Z etc/saf -> /tmp/tmpst9m6C/var/pkg/lost+found/etc/saf-20111127T154327Z --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please review release notes posted at: http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E23824&id=SERNS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ug-msosug mailing list ug-msosug@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-msosug