Can't install SJAS 8.2 in Solaris 10 x86 Zone

Question

I'm using a VPS account from a vendor running Solaris 10 on one of Suns AMD machines.
I downloaded the sjsas_pe-8_2-solaris-i586.bin and uploaded it to the server.
I logged in as myselff and su'd to root.
I then chmod +x the .bin file and executed it.
This machine has Java 5 installed on it, in /usr/java.
It also has Java 1.4.2 in /usr/j2se.
I start the install, it asks for an installation directory (I choose the default of /opt/SUNWappserver), it creates the directory and then prompts for the JDK.
This is my transcript:
The Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition components will be
installed in the following directory, which is referred to as the "Installation
Directory".To use this directory, press only the Enter key. To use a different
directory, type in the full path of the directory to use followed by pressing
the Enter key.
   Installation Directory [/opt/SUNWappserver] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}:
The Sun Java System Application Server requires a Java 2 SDK.
   Please provide the path to a Java 2 SDK 1.4.1 or greater.
   Recommended version is 1.4.2 or greater. [/usr/j2se] {"<" goes back, "!"
   exits}At this point I just hit enter to accept the default (/usr/j2se) and the installation just hangs. It also hanged when I told it to use /usr/java.
I ran: truss -f -o /tmp/out ./sjsas_pe-8_2-solaris-i586.bin -console
And in another window saw that it was essentially idle.
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/2:        lwp_cond_wait(0x08072FE0, 0x08072FC8, 0xBAE9AE68, 0) Err#62 ETIME
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0
12955/8:        pollsys(0xBD1BBEA0, 0, 0xBD1BBEF8, 0x00000000)  = 0Any ideas why this is happening? Could this be something to do with the Zone?

Answer 1

So, if I understand this correctly, you are running this installation in local zone and trying to use J2SE from the global zone, right?
This hang might have something to do with zones. Based on limited truss snippet it is hard to tell where exactly it hangs, though. One possibility is that in fact J2SE verification went through fine but the next screen is the one which asks for default server configuration, including port numbers. Before that screen is shown, installer will try to find out whether the default port numbers are free or not, so it is possible it actually hangs there.
To see if the port verification is an issue, please try running:
./sjsas_pe-8_2-solaris-i586.bin -console -noportcheck
With this option, any port verification done by installer will be skipped, so if the hang was there installation should now go through. Note that this will create your default domain using default set of port numbers, so there is a chance you'll need to change port values prior to starting the server if any of those ports are in fact in use.
Also, if installer hangs in port verification, this might point to network configuration issues, so if you also run into problems during the server startup you might need to further deal with networking. In any case, try installing as above and see if you can get further.