Mike makes a good point. We have some severe problems
with build 63. I've been hoping to get an answer for what's
going on with it, but so far, I don't have one.
So, note to everyone: for zfs boot purposes, build 63 appears
to be DOA. We'll get out information on that as soon as possible,
and try it get it fixed for build 64, but until then, stick with build 62.
Lori
Mike Dotson wrote:
Lori,
Couldn't tell but is he running build 63?
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 08:16 -0600, Lori Alt wrote:
It looks to me like what you did should have worked.
The "cluster" line is fine. I almost always include one
in my profiles.
So here's a couple things to try:
1. After the install completes, but before you reboot, look at
the GRUB menu file:
# mount -F zfs mypool /mnt
# cat /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst
The tail of the file should look like this:
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ----------
title Solaris Nevada snv_62 X86
kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ----------
title Solaris failsafe
kernel /boot/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -s
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safe
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
If it doesn't, something has gone wrong. Although, as long as you have
the first of those two entries, it should still boot.
2. You can edit the first kernel$ line above to add "-kd" to it. That
will cause the system to boot into kmdb (assuming it boots at all).
If it gets that far, you can either poke around in kmdb if you know it,
or just type ":c" to complete rebooting, at which point maybe you'll
get some useful error messages.
3. When you did the install, were there any error messages?
Offhand, I don't have any ideas as to what the problem is. But these
are some of the things I'd do to debug it. Let me know how it goes.
Lori
Mike Walker wrote:
I also downloaded the .iso file, burned it, and started the install process. I
followed these instructions for creating the profile.
[i]Here's a quick-and-dirty way to do a profile-driven install:
1. Boot your system off the net or from the DVD in the usual manner.
2. Select "Interactive Install". Then, at the first opportunity
to exit out of it (which will be after you've answered the
system configuration questions, such as whether you want
Kerberos and what the root password will be), exit out to a shell.
3. Create a profile for the install in /tmp/profile. (The contents
of the profile are described below).
4. Execute the following:
# pfinstall /tmp/profile
When it's done, reboot. You should get a GRUB menu. Select the
entry with the title "Solaris <release-name> X86". The failsave
entry should work too.
Creating a profile for the install
----------------------------------
The system profile you use should look something like this:
install_type initial_install
cluster SUNWCuser
filesys c0t0d0s1 auto swap
pool mypool free / mirror c0t0d0s0 c0t1d0s0
dataset mypool/BE1 auto /
dataset mypool/BE1/usr auto /usr
dataset mypool/BE1/opt auto /opt
dataset mypool/BE1/var auto /var
dataset mypool/BE1/export auto /export[/i]
Obviously I changed the drive's as required. Then ran the pfinstall on the
profile I created. The install looked like it worked correctly, but after a
reboot I'm having issues.
I get to the grub menu, which only has one entry "Solaris". Which when you
edit the line is the following [b]kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B
$ZFS-BOOTFS[/b]. When I pick this option all it sits there for a second, then boot loops
and comes back to the grub menu.
Any suggestions? Any way I can see what its doing when it pauses before the
reboot? I'm kinda new at this OpenSolaris stuff, so any debugging tips/tricks
would be greatly appreciated.
Mike
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