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 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 >>>> hangs here: >>>> >>>> >>> I can add that the dial (or spinner) is still spinning, but that >>> doesn't really mean much. >>> >>> >> I'd like to add my similar experience to this. >> I tried a net install from a shared image from two different servers. >> Both times the install froze (once at 808MB, then at 1100) and the >> server locked up solid. I could ping them, but nothing else. The >> consoles where unresponsive. >> >> Ian >> > For me the server isn't locked up. Only the installing client. > After further testing: > > 1) I've seen it in b90 and b91, haven't tried anything earlier (though > I don't think I'd see the problem...see #5 below) > 2) It doesn't matter if it's from DVD or Network > 3) I've only tested interactive, not automated JumpStart. > 4) It hangs at around 35% done (usually on 'OnLine Manual Pages', > sometimes libtiff, once at around 25%.) > 5) THE KICKER: It only happens if I pick ZFS root. I succesfully > installed b91 over NFS last night when I selected UFS root. > > > Ian what build is your NFS server running? A while back I saw a > different problem where the install would freeze, and the load on th > server would spike quite high, while snoop showed very little traffic. > I think that was an NFS bug that was fixed in builds in the high 70's > low 80's. > One was b72, the other b90. I haven't seen any issues installing b90 from DVD with ZFS root.
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