[ 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 > PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org