On 01/08/10 21:08, William Kucharski wrote:
> 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.
Does running the bootadm cmd (from above) manually also succeed?
bootadm update-menu -R /a -Z -o /dev/rdsk/c7t1d0s0
-ethan
>
> 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
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