MetaDB issue - Solaris 10u8 x86

Hi all,
I am running Solaris 10u8 x86 on VMware.
I am trying to configure SVM in my virtual machine and meet the following issue about metadb.
I have 01 HDD which contains Solaris OS, swap... and 03 more HDDs for holding data. I did not do anything on the first HDD. The other 3 HDDs will be configured to be a RAID 5 volume using SVM. (I will call these 3 HDDs disk2, disk3 and disk4)
On the disk2, I created slice 7 from cylinder 3 to cylinder 10 for holding metadb. I also created the slice 0 from cylinder 11 to the end of the HDD for to be a component of the RAID 5 volume. (In this case, the location of the slice 7 for metadb is *"before"* the location of the slice 0)
The VTOC of the disk2 is applied to the disk3 and disk4.
After dividing the 3 HDDs into slices. I created the metadb on the slice 7 of the 3 HDDs. After that I created the RAID 5 volume using the slice 0 of the 3 HDDs. However, after I reboot the machine, it said that my RAID 5 volume is not exist. the metadb command showed that there is no metadb.
I tried to test another case. On the disk2, I created slice 7 from cylinder 1000 to cylinder 1200 for holding metadb. I also created the slice 0 from cylinder 1 to cylinder 999 for to be a component of the RAID 5 volume. (In this case, the location of the slice 7 for metadb is *"after"* the location of the slice 0)
After dividing the 3 HDDs into slices. I created the metadb on the slice 7 of the 3 HDDs. After that I created the RAID 5 volume using the slice 0 of the 3 HDDs. After rebooting the system everything went fine. My metadb is exist and the RAID 5 volume can be mounted and used.
I cannot find any reason why I could not place the slice 7 (which holds metadb) *"before"* the other slices which used to hold data.
Please help me to explain this case.
Thanks and BR.
HuyNQ.

Solaris makes one of the partitions active , Take a note of that.
Once you are done tinkering with the partitions/ loading say Windows/Linux follow this step.
Grab any Linux distro's boot CD and start the rescue mode. type grub and do this
root (hd0, X) X the partiton that has linux partition minus 1
setup (hd0)now open fdisk and change the label of the Solaris Partition to 80.
Add an entry in /boot/grub/menu.1st on the same lines like Windows, If unsure google .
Reboot and you are done.
Never I said never make any other partition active other than what Solaris installation does for you.

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i have kept SW at location /database.
Thanks.
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Now, on DL380 #2, I can install Solaris from CDs and open Mozilla and download the 3GB .flar file to /tmp. So, it is reachable. However, if I do a re-install, and this time specify a JumpStart install via HTTP, entering the URL that works, the install program tells me that it can't find a Flash Archive there. I'm entering the URL as http:/10.20.30.40/servername.flar, where 10.20.30.40 is the local web server. This is the same URL that works on other local hosts. (i.e. going to http:/10.20.30.40/ brings up the list of files, and a right-click on servername.flar gives you the option to download it, which I've tried and it does work - it takes a few hours, but it works)
I tried HTTPS first and when I encountered this issue I reconfigured the web server for just HTTP. Then I thought the Flash archive must require a .flar filename extension (I had originally called it servername.archive) so I created a new Flash archive with a .flar extension - servername.flar.
So, the same system, when installed from CDs, can access the web server and download the .flar file, but when re-installing and specifying the same URL it can't find it. I'm giving the DL380 #2 the same IP, same netmask, etc.. when doing the re-install.
I can't think of anything else to try. Any ideas?
thanks!

Here is the error output:
# ./add_install_client -i 192.168.1.51 -c sun1:/jumpstart/ -p sun1:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-intel/ host2 i86pc
unmount: warning: /tftboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1 not in mnttab
unmount: /tftpboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1 no such file or directory
mount: Mount point /tftboot.I86PC.Solaris_10-1 does not exist.
cleaning up preexisting install client "host2"
removing host2 from bootparams
rm: /tftboot/ is a directory
updating /etc/bootparams
ln: cannot create /tftpboot//pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1: File exists
Create a grub boot flloppy and edit GRUB menu to contain
the following entry:
title Solaris netinstall
rarp
kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
------------- end ---------------
So, I have tried this with the -i, -e -i+-e, with -s and without.
I have an entry in /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts. However, I don't think it is a FQDN or simular issue. Looks like a script issue.
/tftpboot/ ends up with
boot/
nbp. -> pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
rm.192.168.1.51
/tftpboot/boot/
grub/
/tftpboot/boot/grub/
menu.1st
# cat menu.1st
default 0
timeout=30
title Solaris_10 jumpstart
kernel /i86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart,sysid_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-1-intel/,install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
---- end ----
Thanks for the help.
Aaron

Solaris 10 x86 Installation Fails to Start

I am trying to install Solaris 10 x86 05/08 on a Sony PCG-K115S laptop. The issue I am having is that the installation hangs after printing the copyright information and does not go any further. I get no error message or status as to what the installation is doing.
I downloaded the dvd iso from sun website and verified the md5 checksum before burning the dvd more than once but the issue occurred in both dvds.
The laptop currently has XP installed but there is 30GB of free unallocated/partitioned space on the disk.
Are there any options I can active to debug the installation and see where and why it is stalling.
Thank you,
F.
Edit 1:
After some forum reading I activated the Kernel Debugger and verbose mode:
The installation hangs after this line is printed out:
echi0 is /pci@0,0/pci104d,8175@c,2
loaded modules: [uppc neti ufs unix krtld uhci hook genunix ip usba specfs pcplusmp cpu.generic sctp arp]
Does this strike a cord with anybody??
Edit 2:
After some more reading and investigation, I read that this could be caused by my USB controller not being recognoized or some USB 2.0 issues with Solaris 10.
I have tried to deactive the usb system with the options "-B acpi_user_options=2" and "-B acpi_user_options=8" but with no luck. (I got about these on some some forum, not sure if they are correct).
Any help is appreciated!!
Thank you,
F.
Edited by: Fergus on Jul 6, 2008 2:22 AM
Edited by: Fergus on Jul 7, 2008 9:12 PM

OK, got a little further. I entered the incorrect value for the acpi-user-options, the number should have been in hex.
So with options "-k -v -B acpi-user-options=0x8 -B install_media=cdrom" I get the install menu
1. Interactive
On selecting "1" for interactive, the install begins be halts quickly with an error:
NOTICE: rtls0 -- link down
ERROR: Unable to configure network interface
Exiting to shell.Is there any way to disable the configuration of the network interfaces?? I don't need them for installation...
Thank you for any help,
F.

Solaris 10 X86 Installation Struck after Loading Grub Stage 2

Hi All,
I am trying to install Solaris 10 X86 Platform on my intel system. I downloaded the iso DVD images from Sun site.
sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd-iso-a.iso
sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd-iso-b.iso
When I boot with the Solaris DVD 1, I am getting the message "Loading Stage 2" and returned to grub> command line
This is the message I am getting in my screen
Loading Stage 2 ... ...
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (639K lower/283584 upper memory)
*[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions os a device/filename. ]*
grub> root
*(hd1111): Filesystem type is iso9660, using whole disk*
grub>
Can some one help me on this, I tried in Google and other sun solve support forums but didnt find anything helpfull.
Anybodys help is much appreciated..
Regards, Sundar

I'm getting the same thing with Solaris 10u8 in a VirtualBox. sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd.iso downloaded from cds.sun.com today.
(I tried the pre-made VirtualBox image Sun provides, and it's horribly dysfunctional. So I thought I'd try a fresh installation. More fool me, apparently.)
Edit: No, it's me. The problem is that the ISO I downloaded was incomplete - it cut off at precisely 2GB! The md5sum of what I downloaded is ea5a8606894d253e286861aaf4b5c50a; the official md5sum should be 9df7fd02d82976fd3ec38a18d1a57335. I guess tomorrow I try again with part A and part B ...
So it looks like the answer is: check with md5sum that you actually have the full ISO.
Edited by: DavidGerard on Feb 10, 2010 1:30 PM

Solaris 10 x86 cdrw trouble. Gnome and command line problems writing.

I'm experiencing general weirdness trying to write CD's and DVD's using a new internal DVD-RW device -- It's a Sony NEC AD 7220 A CD / DVD RW drive on a Solaris 10 x86 AMD system. I have searched far and wide for other threads of similar instances but no one has posted an issue like the one I'm having.
I have a Sony Optiarc AD 7220 A CD-RW on a x86 AMD Athalon 1.6 ghz based server with 2 GB RAM.
The DVD-RW drive gets detected by BIOS (Phoenix TrustedCore 2.3) and reads disks fine. I installed Solaris 10.08 from DVD using this DVD-RW drive.
However, trying to write to new blank media does not work properly, (effectively at all).
I've tried different brands of brands of blank CD's and CD-R and CD+R (have not tried using CD-RW disks yet). Ditto with DVD's - tried DVD-R and DVD+R's.
1. Inside the Solaris 10 GUI (Gnome, a.k.a. Java Desktop), when I put in a blank CD-R, a dialog box "Format Media...?" pops up. If I click "Ok" it formats the blank CD and closes the session, CD has been written to and is ruined.
2. I open a terminal window, as root, and put in a blank CD. "mkisofs r /home/foo 2>/dev/null | cdrw i p 1" will write a directory tree OK, but if I go back into gnome GUI and open and close the CD tray, again, up pops the "Format Media..." dialog box instead of the CD appearing on the desktop. If I restart vold (svcadm restart volfs) then open and close the CD tray, voila, the contents appear on desktop as CD icon.
3. When I try to write to a DVD-R: "cdrw -i /local/iso_image" It always fails with: Write Track 1....Failed. after a few minutes. It did in fact write part of the .iso but bails out with a failure.
I've tried various other write commands (specifying the device ID, speed, so on and so forth) and command line switch options (following the rules of course) and it seems to me to be more than a syntax / media issue. However if it is I would like to know. I did see a similar CDRW device on the HCL for OpenSolaris with a 'reported to work' rating. That was for a Optiarc AD-5200A, which is going away thus my company has chosen to use the AD 7220A in speciality racks we build and deliver to the U.S. Navy.
I really need to get a handle on this CD-RW device issue and decide if a different brand / model is what it's going to take to solve this and move on to producing and delivering these systems in working conditions.

Sony systems are often very particular about what CD's and DVD's they'll take. I have several Sony systems that I use for video work and they'll read almost anything but they'll only write to DVD RW. They also don't like cheap brand CD's and DVD's. Be sure to try both CD RW and DVD RW before doing anything else. Because of the requirement for DVD RW, they won't take fast speed (16x) DVD's, just 4x. If all of this turns out to be the case, you may want to go with a different manufacturer for the drive, DVD +RW 4x aren't always easy to find in the store.

Solaris 10 x86 & 2 x NIC. Can some1 pls have a look if i do all correctly?

i have a server with two NICs and Solaris 10 x86 installed.
i want to use NIC1 with ADSL router (10.0.0.x) and NIC2 with switch (192.168.16.x). i also want to setup a DHCP server for LAN machines (NIC2) and DNS server.
can someone pls confirm/correct my thoughts/steps in configuring two interfaces?
1. during install i had to chose a default route for both interfaces. for NIC1 it was easy - i just entered the ADSL router IP which was 10.0.0.1.
however, i have a difficulty with NIC2. what default route if at all should i use here?
2. my understanding is that after configuring two interfaces they should act as a bridge so that i could setup a DNS server using my LAN machine addresses (192.168.16.x) and traffic coming from outside the office will be converted properly to reach LAN machines (mail, web servers, etc). is that correct or will i need to setup and configure 2 DNS servers for each NIC respectively?
3. DHCP server. any guidance here in terms of two NICs machine?
many thanks
Alex

i have a server with two NICs and Solaris 10 x86
installed.
i want to use NIC1 with ADSL router (10.0.0.x) and
NIC2 with switch (192.168.16.x). i also want to setup
a DHCP server for LAN machines (NIC2) and DNS
server.
can someone pls confirm/correct my thoughts/steps in
configuring two interfaces?
1. during install i had to chose a default route for
both interfaces. for NIC1 it was easy - i just
entered the ADSL router IP which was 10.0.0.1.
however, i have a difficulty with NIC2. what default
route if at all should i use here?You don't choose a default route for an interface, you choose a default route for a system. It isn't very useful to have multiple default routes for one machine. You will presumably want your default route to point to the internet-facing router.
2. my understanding is that after configuring two
interfaces they should act as a bridgeNo. You can use 'routeadm' on recent releases to configure routing. Otherwise, you need correct routing tables and make sure IP forwarding is enabled.
so that i
could setup a DNS server using my LAN machine
addresses (192.168.16.x) and traffic coming from
outside the office will be converted properly to
reach LAN machines (mail, web servers, etc). is that
correct or will i need to setup and configure 2 DNS
servers for each NIC respectively?Unless your ADSL router understands the routes behind the solaris machine (it almost certainly doesn't), it will never send traffic there. Instead, you would have to run a NAT setup on the machine. ipfilter/ipnat can be used to do that.
3. DHCP server. any guidance here in terms of two
NICs machine?Should be no issues. Just create a scope for the 192.x subnet. If you're using the Solaris DHCP server, you can create a file which prevents it from listening on the other interface, but that's not required.
Darren

Installation of Solaris 10 x86 9/10 on Dell Optiplex 780 machine.

Hi All,
I am gettting the below error while trying to install Solaris 10 x86 9/10 on Dell Optiplex 780 machine.
Error: The disk you inserted is not a Solaris OS CD/DVD
Any suggestions how to resolve this.
Thanks

I have modified the BIOS settings as below to resolve this issue.
BIOS menu -> Setup -> Drives -> SATA Operation -> check the "Legacy" box
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