Hello,
I installed OpenSolaris 2008.05 on a VMWare machine. The machine runs on a
remote server. (Installation from the client's CD-ROM takes *extremely* long.)
When I tried to upgrade the system after installation, I found out that it was
impossible to activate the new BE. Is it possible to fix this somehow without
reinstalling the whole system? I don't know what kind of partition was used, as
the installer (GUI) didn't say a single word about that. It is a 8 GB virtual
drive with one single partition on it.
A piece of output:
andrej at prominence:~# pkg image-update
Checking that SUNWipkg (in '/') is up to date...
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER
(MB)
SUNWxdg-user-dirs-gtk 597/598 0/5
0.00/0.03
PHASE ACTIONS
Removal Phase 12988/12988
Install Phase 17216/17216
Update Phase 76860/76860
PHASE ITEMS
Reading Existing Index 9/9
Indexing Packages 598/598
pkg: unable to activate opensolaris-1
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NOTE: Please review release notes posted at:
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/
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andrej at prominence:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rpool/ROOT/opensolaris
4939301 3452940 1486361 70% /
swap 1672184 740 1671444 1%
/etc/svc/volatile
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
4939301 3452940 1486361 70% /lib/libc.so.1
swap 1671452 8 1671444 1% /tmp
swap 1671484 40 1671444 1% /var/run
rpool/ROOT/opensolaris/opt
1490055 3695 1486361 1% /opt
rpool/export 1486380 19 1486361 1% /export
rpool/export/home 1639860 153500 1486361 10% /export/home
rpool 1486419 59 1486361 1% /rpool
rpool/ROOT 1486379 18 1486361 1% /rpool/ROOT
rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1
5276842 3790481 1486361 72% /tmp/tmp8NgB9n
rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1/opt
1490054 3694 1486361 1%
/tmp/tmp8NgB9n/opt
andrej at prominence:~# beadm list
BE Active Active on Mountpoint Space
Name reboot Used
---- ------ --------- ---------- -----
opensolaris yes yes / 3.56G
opensolaris-1 no no /tmp/tmp8NgB9n 2.19G
So I unmounted the image called opensolaris-1... But things got even worse.
andrej at prominence:~# BE_PRINT_ERR=1; export BE_PRINT_ERR;
andrej at prominence:~# beadm activate opensolaris-1
beadm: Unable to activate opensolaris-1
andrej at prominence:~# beadm mount opensolaris-1
beadm: Unable to mount opensolaris-1
What am I doing wrong?
Regards,
Andrej
