No matter what I tried, I can't install OpenSolaris on a brand new Ultra 27.
From the 2009.06 CD I got this: The installation log contains this failure: <ICT Dec 17 05:20:53> current task:bootadm_update_menu <ICT Dec 17 05:20:53> update GRUB boot menu on device /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 <ICT Dec 17 05:20:53> shell cmd (bootadm update-menu -R /a -Z -o /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 2>&1) returned status 256 <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> Adding failsafe menu with command: bootadm update-menu -R /a -Z -o /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 2>&1 failed. exit status=256 <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> bootadm_update_menu output: bootadm: fstyp -a on device /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 failed <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> bootadm_update_menu output: bootadm: failed to get pool for device: /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> bootadm_update_menu output: bootadm: fstyp -a on device /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 failed <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> bootadm_update_menu output: bootadm: failed to get pool name from /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> bootadm_update_menu output: bootadm: failed to create GRUB boot signature for device: /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> bootadm_update_menu output: bootadm: failed to get grubsign for root: /a, device /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0 <ICT_E Dec 17 05:20:53> Failure. Returning: ICT_ADD_FAILSAFE_MENU_FAILED Yet if I manually do a fstyp -a on /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0, it works just fine. I got the suggestion to try build 130 directly, (http://nana.eng/products/osol_dev/130/osol-dev-130-x86.iso) and it too fails but isn't as verbose as to why, though it looks as if it's exactly the same: <ICT Jan 9 03:30:30> current task:set_boot_active <ICT Jan 9 03:30:30> current task:bootadm_update_menu <ICT Jan 9 03:30:30> update GRUB boot menu on device /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s0 <ICT Jan 9 03:30:30> shell cmd (bootadm update-menu -R /a -Z -o /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s0 2>&1) returned status 256 <OM Jan 9 03:30:30> The install-finish script reported failures. <OM Jan 9 03:30:30> The install finish script reported failures. Any idea what is going wrong, or will I have to install Nevada? -- William Kucharski
