I did this and specified the boot disk as c5t4d0, which is what it  
currently is.

The install fails saying it cant find c5t4d0, and a format shows all  
the controller numbers are different in the miniroot, so there is not  
c0/c5 etc.  How is this resolved?

Mr. Ceri Davies - Staff Engineer (Software)
Sun Microsystems - Data Management Group
Ceri.Davies at Sun.com
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Typically work from home on Fridays




On Jun 18, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Sundar Yamunachari wrote:

> Ceri Davies wrote:
>>
>> How do I specify the boot disk to the ai server and retry the  
>> install?
> You can add a target disk in the AI manifest. Check the AI document  
> at http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/customai.html.  
> If you are going to use the manifest for one system, you can change  
> the default manifest. Otherwise you can add it as a custom manifest.
>
> - Sundar
>>
>> The boot disk is c5t4d0
>> c0t0d0 and c1tod0 are not in use, so its probably one of them...
>>
>> However guess what... On a thumper you can't boot either of these
>>
>>> Hmm, looks like it did install but the console was redirected to  
>>> the VGA.
>>> I logged in and rebooted without looking around.  However I  
>>> rebooted to the old kernel...
>>>
>>> So...  It looks like it chose one of the other 48 disks to install  
>>> on and the boot system is still using the old disk!
>>> Of course having lost the console, I have no idea what it did.
>>
>> .  How do I specify the boot disk? to the ai server and retry this?
>>
>>>> I deleted the old macro and re-did the other macros,
>>>> and its is somewhat better.  I see the OpenSolaris banner and  
>>>> this this on the screen:
>>>> "
>>>> Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>>>> Use is subject to license terms.
>>>> "
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to the lab to check the console...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Ceri Davies - Staff Engineer (Software)
>>>> Sun Microsystems - Data Management Group
>>>> Ceri.Davies at Sun.com
>>>> W:(303) 272-7810 (x77810)
>>>> Typically work from home on Fridays
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 17, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Sundar Yamunachari wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ceri,
>>>>>
>>>>>     I couldn't find anything wrong with your install server or  
>>>>> dhcp server. Can you run a snoop on the install server to  
>>>>> capture the client traffic while the client is booting?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Sundar
>>
>>
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