Jumpstart fails with "No disks found."

Question

I have created a guest domain on a single slice of my disk. I have assigned the disk to the domain and am trying to jumpstart it. The jumpstart config goes fine until it starts to look for disks to install onto. Once it starts the preinstall phase, i get an error.
Here is the output:
Press the return key for an interactive Solaris install program...
Executing JumpStart preinstall phase...
Searching for SolStart directory...
Checking rules.ok file...
Using begin script: install_begin
Using finish script: patch_finish
Executing SolStart preinstall phase...
Executing begin script "install_begin"...
Begin script install_begin execution completed.
─ Warning ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
No disks found.
> Check to make sure disks are cabled and
powered up.
Here is my "test" domain configuration:
[root@jxslabgen04:/etc/dfs]$ ldm list-bindings test
Name: test
State: active
Flags: transition
OS:
Util: 0.0%
Uptime: 25m
Vcpu: 4
vid pid util strand
0 16 0.4% 100%
1 17 1.1% 100%
2 18 0.0% 100%
3 19 0.1% 100%
Memory: 2G
real-addr phys-addr size
0x8000000 0x208000000 2G
Vars: boot-device=/virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/disk@0
nvramrc=devalias vnet0 /virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/network@0
use-nvramrc?=true
Vnet: vnet1
mac-addr=0:14:4f:fa:5e:f6
service: primary-vsw3 @ primary
[LDC: 0x0]
Vnet: vnet2
mac-addr=0:14:4f:f9:94:ff
service: primary-vsw1 @ primary
[LDC: 0x1]
Vdisk: vdisk1 vol1@primary-vds0
service: primary-vds0 @ primary
[LDC: 0x2]
Vcons: [via LDC:3]
test@primary-vcc0 [port:5000]
Vldcc: vldcc0 [Domain Services]
service: primary-vldc0 @ primary
[LDC: 0x4]
After the jumpstart fails and I get a shell prompt, when I run 'format' I see no disks. It tells me "no disks found" also. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

What device are you trying to use as a virtual disk? I think you are exporting a pseudo
device volume (ZFS or SVM volume?). In such a case that volume is exported as a
single slice disk (disk with only a s0 slice) and the Solaris installer is not able to handle
such a disk.
So you have to create a file with mkfile(1M) and then export that file as a virtual disk.
Be aware of bug 6544963 (vdisk can lose label when rebinding domain) after your
installation is completed and carefully read the instructions on my blog about this
problem:
http://blogs.sun.com/achartre/date/20070503
alex.