Jeffrey, Thanks for exposing this one. The partition table is now represented differently internally and TI was not completely updated to handle the empty table entries that now result.
Assigned to self. William Jeffrey Huang wrote: > Hi, > > I've filed Bug 11569 for AI extended partition feature, please take > look if have time, not sure if it is my test case design issue or others? > > I also met following issue, not sure to open a bug or test cases needs > to re-design? > > Description: Disk has existing extended partition and DOS logical > partition, try to add a Solaris2 logical partition, AI failed. > > System current partition table > ============================================================ > 12 128 0 1 1 254 63 1023 16065 28643895 > 5 0 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 28659960 > 143347995 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 12 0 254 63 1023 254 63 1023 28660023 > 14334798 > > Manifest: > <ai_device_partitioning> > <partition_action>create</partition_action> > <partition_number>6</partition_number> > <partition_size>10240</partition_size> > <partition_is_logical>true</partition_is_logical> > <partition_type>191</partition_type> > </ai_device_partitioning> > > Install log: > # cat /tmp/install_log > <AI Sep 25 22:20:57> /root/ai_my_manifest.xml is a valid manifest > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> forcing partition id ID=4 > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> forcing starting logical offset high > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> forcing partition id ID=1 > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> forcing partition id ID=0 > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> skipping sort by offset > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> forcing partition id ID=0 > <OM_E Sep 25 22:20:58> skipping sort by offset > <AI Sep 25 22:21:07> Disk = c1t0d0 found on the system > <OM Sep 25 22:21:07> No slices defined prior to install > <AI Sep 25 22:21:07> Disk name selected for installation is c1t0d0 > <OM Sep 25 22:21:07> disk partition info changed > <AI Sep 25 22:21:07> no manifest slice information found > <OM Sep 25 22:21:07> System reports enough physical memory for > installation, swap is optional > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Timezone setting will be TZ=US/Pacific > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Set timezone > <AI Sep 25 22:21:08> installation will be performed from > http://10.13.28.40:10000 (opensolaris.org) > <AI Sep 25 22:21:08> installation will be performed from > http://10.13.28.40:10000 (opensolaris.org) > <AI Sep 25 22:21:08> list of packages to be installed is: > <AI Sep 25 22:21:08> SUNWcsd > SUNWcs > babel_install > entire > <AI Sep 25 22:21:08> No packages specified to be removed from > installed system > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Disk was changed > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Disk contains valid Solaris partition > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> whole_disk = 0 > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> diskname set = c1t0d0 > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Set fdisk attrs > <TIDM_E Sep 25 22:21:08> Partition 5 can't be preserved, matching > entry not found in orig. part. table > <TIDM_E Sep 25 22:21:08> Couldn't preserve partitions on disk c1t0d0 - > fdisk failed > <TIMM_E Sep 25 22:21:08> Couldn't create fdisk partition table on disk > <c1t0d0> > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Could not create fdisk target > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> TI process failed > <OM Sep 25 22:21:08> Breakpoint requested after Target Instantiation. > Installer exiting. > > > ? 2009/9/24 3:43, William Schumann ??: >> Not sure if this has been mentioned. >> >> You must create an extended partition, specifying partition_type as: >> >> EXTDOS 5 /* EXT-DOS partition */ >> EXTDOSLBA 15 /* with logical block addressing */ >> >> you can use EXTDOS and EXTDOSLBA as aliases instead of 5 and 15. >> >> Then for the logicals, you add the boolean: >> <partition_is_logical>true</partition_is_logical> >> >> and they will be defined within the extended partition. >> >> You can also use <partition_size>max_size</partition_size> for both the >> extended and for one logical partition. They will used up the remaining >> space. >> >> William >> >> jeanm wrote: >>> The automated install test iso is at: >>> >>> /net/boora.central/brmnas/jeanm/ep_test/automated_installer_image.iso >>> >>> This is an x86 image. >>> >>> I believe no changes are needed to the AI server. >>> >>> Jean
