Martin: We had a Sunblade100 with 512 MB memory and OBP 4.17.1, I can do osol install on there without any problem and it works.
Even with the latest AI nightly build, I have problems getting osol install to work on older platforms like Sunblade 2000 and 280R. This is being looked at. Martin Bochnig wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Jan Damborsky <Jan.Damborsky at sun.com> > wrote: >> Martin Bochnig wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> >>> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Ok, I found it. >>>>> It is just in the LiveMedia-framework - derived (originally by Moinak >>>>> Ghosh, now AI-adopted) /lib/svc/method/live-fs-root SMF script after >>>>> line 184 or after 253, according to grep. >>>>> If it is a bug, I respond later with a solution. >>>>> Maybe it was simply a user error by myself (during installadm >>>>> create-service). >>>> Ok, at least on some boxes (right now tested it on Ultra80), >>>> /lib/svc/methos/live-fs-root fails at line 261 >>>> /sbin/dhcpinfo Rootpath. >>>> >>>> The NIC drivers are present and attached (on the U80 it is hme). >>>> But nothing except lo0 got plumbed. >>>> Manually doing "ifconfig -a plumb" does work, however. >>>> This makes everything else a small problem. Because the former can >>>> have hard-to-find reasons, if and where it rarely happens. Fortunately >>>> not here. >>>> >>>> Now let's see, if $Rootpath is actually empty ... >> Martin, >> >> please be aware tha Rootpath DHCP option is no longer used >> by AI images built from latest install bits and not populated >> by the latest installadm(1M) tools. Usage of Rootpath was removed >> as part of fix for bug 8130. For more details please see flag day sent >> to this mailing list with following subject: >> >> Flag day: Automated Installer and Distribution Constructor - Sparc - fix for >> bug 8130 >> >> Those changes will appear in build 2009.06-04 which I assume will be >> available >> as 111b. >> >> Thank you, >> Jan > > > > Hello Jan, I have to thank you. > Yes, I didn't read the flagday message, because I had that ARP problem > (and ignored pretty much everything else in life). > For nothing, as it turned out, b111 .... > > Ok, thank you for the flagday pointer. Next I must read that. > Although: In this case the problem I described a few hours ago only > happens, where off-media /platform/sun4u/wanboot is used. > The Blade 100 with OBP 4.17.1 (when booted via boot net:dhcp) is > theonly of my machines which has a new enough OBP to boot AI without > off-media-/platform/sun4u/wanboot. And presumably it is no > coincidence, that she is the only one, which does not have the > dhcpagent -a problem. So it seems, not the type of NIC was the reason, > but indeed the boot method. I tested U30, U60, SB100 with 4.17.1, > SB150 (=100) without 4.17.1, now comes the Blade 2000 and then the > SF280R. > > On a side note: I found that the Blade 100 which does have OBP 4.17.1 > (the other does not, for comparison reasons) CANNOT boot into > off-media wanboot. I mean, why should it. It's not needed. But at > least interesting to witness. If somebody is interested, I stand up > and connect a serial console to that box ... > > Regards, > %martin > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
