Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
Yup, I had to format swap like ext4 and installed solaris later. It got me worried thinking of disk failure at first. Thanks, David -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
I tried to install opensolaris 2009.06 b134
OpenSolaris development build b134?
but it
wont install on opensolaris 2009.06 b111 partition
(15 gb). I have already formatted the partition and
Linux Disk Utility didnt return any errors.
Here is failed install log -
OM Jul 24 16:56:32 Bad disk slice c4d0p10
The above error message could be relevant...
Are there lots of extended partitions on this disk?
A quick google search revealed this:
http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/caiman/slim_source/usr/src/lib/liborchestrator/target_discovery.c#758
758 /*
759 * If the partition name is not ending with pX
760 * ignore this partition
761 */
762 ptr = str + strlen(str) - 2;
763 if (*ptr == 'p') {
764 ptr++;
765 } else {
766 bad++;
767 om_debug_print(OM_DBGLVL_WARN, BAD_DISK_SLICE,
str);
768 om_log_print(BAD_DISK_SLICE, str);
769 continue;
770 }
That piece of code would have a problem with fdisk
extended partitions beyond ...p9
(e.g. pX slices, where X has more than one digit)
OM Jul 24 17:00:47 disk partition info changed
OM Jul 24 09:00:55 Timezone setting will be
TZ=Singapore
OM Jul 24 09:00:55 Set timezone
GUI:Gtk_E Jul 24 09:01:18 file gtkprogress.c: line
540: assertion `percentage = 0 percentage = 1.0'
failed
OM Jul 24 09:01:18 Disk was changed
OM Jul 24 09:01:18 Disk contains valid Solaris
partition
OM Jul 24 09:01:18 whole_disk = 0
OM Jul 24 09:01:18 diskname set = c4d0
OM Jul 24 09:01:18 Set fdisk attrs
TIDM_E Jul 24 09:01:18 fdisk: fdisk -n -F failed.
Couldn't create fdisk partition table on disk c4d0
TIMM_E Jul 24 09:01:18 Couldn't create fdisk
partition table on disk c4d0
OM Jul 24 09:01:18 Could not create fdisk target
GUI_E Jul 24 09:01:18 Installation failed in Target
Instantiation module
The exact contents of the existing fdisk partition
information on that disk is needed.
Please file a bug report at
https://defect.opensolaris.org
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Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
Yeah, managed to resolve the error. The preserve solaris policy is funny. If it wont install on extended partition why in the hell it considers linux swap in extended partition as solaris. This is funny. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
The install went fine and got to connect to internet for the first time from opensolaris. Thanks, David -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:38:29 PDT dave dave.s...@gtf.net.au wrote: If it wont install on extended partition why in the hell it considers linux swap in extended partition as solaris. This is funny. Linux Swap and at least one Solaris fs have the same partition ID. Just because this version won't install in an extended partition now doesn't mean it can't later, or that you can't put data in an extended partition should you chose to do so. This might be funny, but having the install trash a data partition you wanted to keep wouldn't be. mike -- Mike Meyer m...@mired.org http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
Well, I dont keep data on native disk, I have external storage. In my opinion installer should not bother searching for extended partitions if it wont make an install there. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
In my opinion installer should not bother searching for extended partitions if it wont make an install there. Hmm; what is the root cause for the install problem? Was it the existence of a Linux swap as extended partition? Or the position / size of one of the primary / extended partitions? There have been several cases where the OpenSolaris installer refuses to change the fdisk partition table because it thinks one of the fdisk partitions uses blocks that extend beyond the end of the disk. Or maybe a completely different problem ? Do you have a fdisk -R -W - /dev/rdsk/c?t0d0p0 dump of the of fdisk partition information (or the equivalent under Linux) of the disk, when the OpenSolaris installer failed? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
I have 4 OS installed (prior to this version of Solaris) on my machine being Windows7, BSD on primary, Linux Mint and openSuSE (this is my fav.) on extended with swap partition. Swap partition and Solaris partition share same #. There is a policy of solaris that goes like preserve solaris (it is unlikely though since oracle has overshadowed the sun -:), this being the case the installer thought there is Solaris install present. I had to convert the swap to ext4 in order to get solaris install done. When I try to make install I ensure that I allocate minimum 20 gig of space for non Linux Distro. The error message actually tells you whats wrong. It got me worried over the hardware(disk) condition since I got a replacement under warranty abt a couple of months back. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-help] Unable to install 2009.06 b134
I have 4 OS installed (prior to this version of Solaris) on my machine being Windows7, BSD on primary, Linux Mint and openSuSE (this is my fav.) on extended with swap partition. Swap partition and Solaris partition share same #. There is a policy of solaris that goes like preserve solaris (it is unlikely though since oracle has overshadowed the sun -:), this being the case the installer thought there is Solaris install present. I had to convert the swap to ext4 in order to get solaris install done. Linux swap and Solaris2 partitions share the same partition ID - this is why the OpenSolaris installer thought that your Linux swap partition was actually (Open)Solaris. There doesn't seem to be code in the OpenSolaris installer to determine what the contents of the partition actually are, i.e. Linux swap or (Open)Solaris. Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
