Hi Martin, I appears from the df output that you're probably running into bug 2302 which is a ZFS bug tracked in http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6738349. This has been fixed in ZFS but will not be available until snv_98.
To be sure this si the problem it would be helpful to see the "zfs list" and "beadm list" output. Thanks, -evan Martin Man wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Mark R. Bowyer wrote: >> I had this problem when I ran out of ZFS partition space, so it wasn't >> able to copy the data in the promotion. This was on a multi-boot laptop >> with only 10GB set aside for OpenSolaris. After a few updates, it used >> up nearly all the disk and I'm now stuck booting to the BE before the >> update, unable to activate and clean up the latest one. > > # df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > rpool/ROOT/opensolaris > 7.6G 3.2G 4.4G 42% / > swap 448M 740K 447M 1% /etc/svc/volatile > /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1 > 7.6G 3.2G 4.4G 42% /lib/libc.so.1 > swap 447M 8.0K 447M 1% /tmp > swap 447M 44K 447M 1% /var/run > rpool/ROOT/opensolaris/opt > 4.4G 3.7M 4.4G 1% /opt > rpool/export 4.4G 19K 4.4G 1% /export > rpool/export/home 4.4G 21M 4.4G 1% /export/home > rpool 4.4G 60K 4.4G 1% /rpool > rpool/ROOT 4.4G 18K 4.4G 1% /rpool/ROOT > > >> I'm waiting for the next CD image, and will then repartition and >> reinstall from scratch, I think. >> >> But check how much space you have left, and whether there's any >> snapshots you can clear out to make room? I'd be surprised if you went >> straight from install to update, though. How much space did you >> partition for it? > > Yes, it was straight install + upgrade to see how smooth the process is. > In fact it's a scratchpad 10G inside Parallels so I don't mind starting > from scratch with a bigger hard drive. > >> Ta, >> Mark. > > thanx, > Martin > >> Martin Man wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have installed fresh opensolaris 2008.05 and tried to image-update it >>> to latest snv_95 according to the instructions given here: >>> >>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/image-update/ >>> >>> I have successfully performed all steps, however last command filed like >>> this (after enabling BE_PRINT_ERR=true): >>> >>> # beadm activate opensolaris-1 >>> set_canmount: failed to promote dataset (rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1) >>> be_activate: failed to set canmount dataset property >>> beadm: Unable to activate opensolaris-1 >>> >>> >>> I have tried to googe for help but haven't found any solution, >>> >>> thanx for your help, >>> Martin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> indiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
