[ changing the cc to zones-discuss which is a more appropriate alias for
this kind of question. ]
hey asif,
i'm guessing that cpio is not your problem. the key error below is:
uncompress: stdin: corrupt input
perhaps the s8_install script is somehow not detecting the compression
type correctly? could you run the following command:
grep files_compressed_method /engr.flar
thanks
ed
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:24:25AM -0400, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> I am failing to install flash archive of a solaris 8 02/04 running on
> a netra t1. I can install the example solaris8-image.flar (optional
> download from sun).
>
> Here is the failed log
>
> bash-3.00# more /var/tmp/engr-01.install.7078.log
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Log File:
> /var/tmp/engr-01.install.7078.log
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Product: Solaris 8 Containers 1.0
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Installer: solaris8 brand installer 1.22
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Zone: engr-01
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Path: /zones/solaris8
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Starting pre-installation tasks.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Installation started for zone "engr-01"
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Source: /engr.flar
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Media Type: flash archive
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] Installing: This may take several
> minutes...
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] cd /zones/solaris8/root &&
> [Thu Aug 7 23:59:44 EDT 2008] do_flar < "/engr.flar"
> uncompress: stdin: corrupt input
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:31 EDT 2008] Postprocessing: This may take several
> minutes...
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:31 EDT 2008] running: p2v -u eug-engr-01
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:31 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Gathering information
> about zone engr-01
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:31 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Creating mount points
> touch: /zones/solaris8/root/etc/mnttab cannot create
> chmod: WARNING: can't access /zones/solaris8/root/etc/mnttab
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:31 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Processing /etc/system
> cp: cannot access /zones/solaris8/root/etc/system
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:32 EDT 2008] Result: Postprocessing failed.
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:32 EDT 2008]
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:32 EDT 2008] Result: *** Installation FAILED ***
> [Fri Aug 8 00:01:32 EDT 2008] Log File:
> /var/tmp/engr-01.install.7078.log
>
>
>
> Here is the good log where installing from the example solaris 8 image
> from SUN site that comes as optional download with solaris 8 container
> software
>
> bash-3.00# more /var/tmp/engr-01.install.5279.log
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Log File:
> /var/tmp/engr-01.install.5279.log
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Product: Solaris 8 Containers 1.0
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Installer: solaris8 brand installer 1.22
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Zone: engr-01
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Path: /zones/solaris8
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Starting pre-installation tasks.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Installation started for zone "engr-01"
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Source: /tmp/solaris8-image.flar
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:12 EDT 2008] Media Type: flash archive
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:13 EDT 2008] Installing: This may take several
> minutes...
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:13 EDT 2008] cd /zones/solaris8/root &&
> [Thu Aug 7 23:31:13 EDT 2008] do_flar < "/tmp/solaris8-image.flar"
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:28 EDT 2008] Sanity Check: Passed. Looks like a
> Solaris 8 system.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:28 EDT 2008] Postprocessing: This may take several
> minutes...
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:28 EDT 2008] running: p2v -u eug-engr-01
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:28 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Gathering information
> about zone eug-engr-01
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:29 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Creating mount points
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:30 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Processing /etc/system
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:30 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Booting zone to single user
> mode
> [Thu Aug 7 23:35:48 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module
> S20_apply_patches
> [Thu Aug 7 20:35:49 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Unpacking
> patch: 109147-44
> [Thu Aug 7 20:35:50 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Installing
> patch: 109147-44
>
> Checking installed patches...
> Patch 109147-44 has already been applied.
> See patchadd(1M) for instructions.
>
> Patchadd is terminating.
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:01 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Unpacking
> patch: 111023-03
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:02 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Installing
> patch: 111023-03
>
> Checking installed patches...
> Patch 111023-03 has already been applied.
> See patchadd(1M) for instructions.
>
> Patchadd is terminating.
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:08 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Unpacking
> patch: 111431-01
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:08 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Installing
> patch: 111431-01
>
> Checking installed patches...
> This patch is obsoleted by patch 108993-67 which has already
> been applied to this system.
>
> Patchadd is terminating.
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:13 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Unpacking
> patch: 112605-04
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:13 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Installing
> patch: 112605-04
>
> Checking installed patches...
> This patch is obsoleted by patch 108993-67 which has already
> been applied to this system.
>
> Patchadd is terminating.
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:20 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Unpacking
> patch: 112050-04
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:20 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Installing
> patch: 112050-04
>
> Checking installed patches...
> Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
> Installing patch packages...
>
> Patch number 112050-04 has been successfully installed.
> See /var/sadm/patch/112050-04/log for details
>
> Patch packages installed:
> SUNWesu
> SUNWesxu
>
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:45 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Unpacking
> patch: 109221-01
> [Thu Aug 7 20:36:45 PDT 2008] S20_apply_patches: Installing
> patch: 109221-01
>
> Checking installed patches...
> This patch is obsoleted by patch 109318-39 which has already
> been applied to this system.
>
> Patchadd is terminating.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:50 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module S31_fix_net
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:51 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module S32_fix_nfs
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:52 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module
> S33_fix_vfstab
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:53 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module
> S34_fix_inittab
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:53 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module
> S35_fix_crontab
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:54 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module
> S36_fix_pam_conf
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:54 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Applying p2v module
> S40_setup_preload
> [Thu Aug 7 23:36:55 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Performing zone sys-unconfig
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:27 EDT 2008] Postprocess: Postprocessing successful.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:27 EDT 2008] Result: Postprocessing complete.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:28 EDT 2008] Service Tag: Gathering information
> about zone engr-01
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:28 EDT 2008] Service Tag: Adding service tag:
> urn:st:801126fc-aceb-4fe5-931e-b55f8d2d3e15
> Solaris 8 Containers 1.0 added
> Product instance URN=urn:st:801126fc-aceb-4fe5-931e-b55f8d2d3e15
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:28 EDT 2008] Service Tag: Operation successful.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:28 EDT 2008]
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:28 EDT 2008] Result: Installation completed
> successfully.
> [Thu Aug 7 23:37:28 EDT 2008] Log File:
> /zones/solaris8/root/var/log/engr-01.install.5279.log
>
>
> I noticed on the failed log it things my flash image is corrupted.
>
> I used the following command to create the flash. I created flash
> image million times. Should I use a different method instead
> of `cpio' which is what flarcreate calls to create image? Is there
> some patch may be for cpio on solaris 8 02/04 that needs
> to be applied before creating the image?
>
> cd /
> flarcreate -S -n engr -c -x /opt/flash /opt/flash/engr.flar
>
> I also tried like this (also one w/o compression)
>
> flarcreate -R / -n engr -c -x /opt/flash /opt/flash/engr.flar
>
> --
> Asif Iqbal
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