Andre Molyneux wrote:
> I set up an LDOM on a SPARC machine and attempted to do an
> auto-install of the LDOM. The installation fails as follows:
>
> <AI May 11 15:39:07> /tmp/ai_combined_manifest.xml is a valid manifest
> <AI May 11 15:39:07> Auto reboot disabled
> <TDDM_E May 11 15:39:07> ddm_drive_is_cdrom(): ioctl(DKIOCREMOVABLE)
> failed
> <OM May 11 15:39:07> Ignoring c6d0 because of bad Geometry
> <AI May 11 15:39:17> No Disks found on the target system
> <AI May 11 15:39:17> Target validation failed
> <AI May 11 15:39:17> ai target device not found
> <AI May 11 15:39:17> Auto install failed
>
> As you can see, the install says it failed because of "bad
> Geometry" on the one disk that's part of the LDOM. Here's
> what prtvtoc on the LDOM has to say about that disk:
>
> * /dev/rdsk/c6d0s0 partition map
> *
> * Dimensions:
> * 512 bytes/sector
> * 143374738 sectors
> * 143374671 accessible sectors
> *
> * Flags:
> * 1: unmountable
> * 10: read-only
> *
> * Unallocated space:
> * First Sector Last
> * Sector Count Sector
> * 34 222 255
> *
> * First Sector Last
> * Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
> 0 4 00 256 143358065 143358320
> 8 11 00 143358321 16384 143374704
>
> In short, it basically looks like a fairly generic EFI labeled disk.
>
> So, what exactly does "bad Geometry" mean in this case, and what might
> I be able to do about it?
Andre,
EFI labeled disks aren't supported with zfs boot. Can you create an
SMI (VTOC) labeled disk and try it again.
- Sundar
>
> Andre
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