Alan,
Looks like problem with be.
To get more debug options why it is happening you can try set env 
variable BE_PRINT_ERR to true:

$ su -
$ BE_PRINT_ERR=true pkg image-update

best
Michal

Alan wrote:
> Michal,
>
> Well, I tried the command line and got this output:
>
>   pfexec pkg image-update
> DOWNLOAD                                    PKGS       FILES     XFER (MB)
> Completed                                644/644 42033/42033 699.16/699.16
>
> pkg: attempt to mount opensolaris-6 failed.
> pkg: image-update cannot be done on live image
>
>
> So, it seems to be a bug, unless it's a permissions problem.
>
> Thanks
> Alan
>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Michal Pryc<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  wrote:
>
>> Hi Alan,
>> Looks like you are using the newest IPS packages. I am not sure if the
>> newest SUNWipkg-gui, so if I were you I would double check that, simply by
>> trying to install newest one:
>> $ pfexec pkg install SUNWipkg-gui
>>
>> Anyway this error is shown only when you are trying to do image-update
>> operation and for some reason the packages are being installed to the "/"
>> rather then newly created BE. As I can see there is "opensolaris-5" BE, but
>> I am not sure if this is result of the Update all operation or other one.
>>
>> You could try to do the same operation as Update All using the command
>> line, but I suspect the result will be the same as we are using the same
>> api.
>>
>> $ pfexec pkg image-update
>>
>> If this will happen, please log a bug in the defect.opensolaris.org
>>
>> best
>> Michal
>>
>>
>> Alan wrote:
>>
>>> here's the output as requested:
>>>
>>> cat /etc/release
>>>                            OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_98 X86
>>>             Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
>>>                          Use is subject to license terms.
>>>                             Assembled 15 September 2008
>>>
>>>   pkg version
>>> 666742d60b75
>>>
>>> pkg authority
>>> AUTHORITY                           URL
>>> Blastwave                           http://blastwave.network.com:10000/
>>> opensolaris.org (preferred)         http://pkg.opensolaris.org:80/
>>> sunfreeware.com                     http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000/
>>>
>>>   beadm list
>>> BE            Active Mountpoint     Space Policy Created
>>> --            ------ ----------     ----- ------ -------
>>> opensolaris-4 NR     /              9.67G static 2008-11-22 04:21
>>> opensolaris-5 -      /tmp/tmpuKIgZv 43.0K static 2008-11-22 05:10
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Michal Pryc<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   wrote:
>>>
>>>   Alan wrote:
>>>>   I've got a question regarding Package Manager.  Upon doing an "Update
>>>>> All",
>>>>> everything proceeds normally until after the package downloading, then I
>>>>> get
>>>>> the message: "This is an Live Image.  The install operation can't be
>>>>> performed."
>>>>>
>>>>> What is going wrong and is there a fix?
>>>>>
>>>>>   Alan,
>>>>>
>>>> Could you provide the following information:
>>>>
>>>> - What is the output of the following commands (from the terminal):
>>>>
>>>> $ cat /etc/release
>>>> $ pkg version
>>>> $ pkg authority
>>>> $ beadm list
>>>>
>>>> Looks like your version of OpenSolaris is pretty old. The Package Manager
>>>> and the whole IPS have changed a lot in the last few months so you should
>>>> update your system in order to have it working properly.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a pointer to the release notes so you can update to the newer
>>>> OpenSolaris using command line options and then Package Manager should
>>>> work
>>>> just fine:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200805/x86/#Update_Inst
>>>>
>>>> best
>>>> Michal Pryc
>>>>
>>>>
>

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