Network Booting Solaris 10 on Netra T4 - scratch memory overflow error

Hi,
I recently got a hold of a Netra T4 server, and am now trying to install Solaris 10 on it. Since the server can DVD-driveless, I had to resort to booting it over the network from a boot server. I have progressed through a series of errors, from not configuring the NFS correctly, to making sure the RARP was on as well.
The current issue that I am having is when i start the boot (boot net -v install), it begins to load the image, and then haults when it reaches:
Rebooting with command: boot net -v install
Boot device: /pci@8,700000/network@5,1: File and args: -v install
38e00 Using RARP/BOOTPARAMS...
Internet address is: 10.10.1.201
hostname: bfc
domainname: (none)
Found 10.10.1.120 @ 0:30:48:8d:c2:6
root server: owl (10.10.1.120)
root directory: /pub/install/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: /pub/install/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platfor
m/SUNW,Netra-T4/kernel/drv/sparcv9/lombus
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.
Program terminated
I'm not exactly sure why this is occuring, or what I can do to resolve this. Has anyone else come across this scenario? Judging from google searches, I haven't found anything that can help me fix this. Hopefully someone can.
Thanks a ton,
Kyle

as well, I have tried using various directories to install from, all coming to the same result.

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Network Boot of Solaris 10 on Netra T4 - scratch memory overflow

Hi,
I recently got a hold of a Netra T4 server, and am now trying to install Solaris 10 on it. Since the server can DVD-driveless, I had to resort to booting it over the network from a boot server. I have progressed through a series of errors, from not configuring the NFS correctly, to making sure the RARP was on as well.
The current issue that I am having is when i start the boot (boot net -v install), it begins to load the image, and then haults when it reaches:
Rebooting with command: boot net -v install
Boot device: /pci@8,700000/network@5,1: File and args: -v install
38e00 Using RARP/BOOTPARAMS...
Internet address is: 10.10.1.201
hostname: bfc
domainname: (none)
Found 10.10.1.120 @ 0:30:48:8d:c2:6
root server: owl (10.10.1.120)
root directory: /pub/install/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: /pub/install/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platfor
m/SUNW,Netra-T4/kernel/drv/sparcv9/lombus
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.
Program terminated
I'm not exactly sure why this is occuring, or what I can do to resolve this. Has anyone else come across this scenario? Judging from google searches, I haven't found anything that can help me fix this. Hopefully someone can.
Thanks a ton,
Kyle

that path was one of the specific paths that I used to manipulate the boot. I resulted to trying this because it was unable to load from kernel/sparcv9/unix. This thing is, that path is available on the media that I am using, so I have no idea why is it saying it can't find it.
The path that you see:
<pub/install/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platform/SUNW,Netra-T4/kernel/drv/sparcv9/lombus>
was one of the paths that I tried using to get it to install from, because it said it couldn't find the default path. The path you see just happened to be the one that was on the screen when I copied it to show the error message in this thread.
As you can see, I'm a little stuck. As it stands...I don't know many things about installing on sparc servers.
With that said, any help would do. At the moment, I am downloading the Solaris 9 media, and then I will try to get at Solaris 10 by upgrading the software. If this fails, I will just buy a DVD drive.
Can anyone still help me?

Solaris 10 Jumpstart error: panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.

I am setting up a Solaris Jumpstart server using a Linux server as the Boot/Config/Install server. The Sun box I am using is a v120 that will be running Solaris 10 update 5.
After running the "boot net - install" command and running through the setup the install terminates with the error
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.
Program terminated
ok
ok
I found a patch (111306-07) that supposedly fixes this problem (logged as bug 4411148). Is there a specific way to add a patch to Jumpstart so that it installs before the system reboots after the main install is done? I know the patches folder goes off of the added on date for the patch and not a patch_order file, does that mean it can just be placed in the folder and will be added automatically? Has anyone seen this error message before on their own systems?
Thanks in advance for any help.

derekw wrote:
I am setting up a Solaris Jumpstart server using a Linux server as the Boot/Config/Install server. The Sun box I am using is a v120 that will be running Solaris 10 update 5.
After running the "boot net - install" command and running through the setup the install terminates with the error
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.So this happens while the client jumpstart OS is running.
I found a patch (111306-07) that supposedly fixes this problem (logged as bug 4411148). Is there a specific way to add a patch to Jumpstart so that it installs before the system reboots after the main install is done?You actually need to install it before the OS loads I would thing.
I know the patches folder goes off of the added on date for the patch and not a patch_order file, does that mean it can just be placed in the folder and will be added automatically? Has anyone seen this error message before on their own systems?Not here. You want to install the patch into the jumpstart boot image. You may also need to install the patch onto the installed OS, but that's less certain.
For the first part, find your jumpstart image and pass that into patchadd with the -C flag to patch the jumpstart portion.
Darren

CD Boot: memory overflow error! Trying to install Bootcamp / Windows 7 on MacBook Pro 2009 with external superdrive

Hi all,
I'm trying to install Bootcamp on my machine.
I was running Parallels before but need Bootcamp in order to run heavy software on the PC side (e.g. Rhino/Maxwell/etc).
I have a Macbook Pro 17" from around 2009, running Mountain Lion 10.7.3.
Problem is, my internal CD Drive is broken and doesn't read discs, so it couldn't read the Windows installation disc (Windows Home Premium 7 64 bit - OEM System Builder Pack).
So, I rang Apple to try to fix it and they said it would be cheaper and faster to buy an external SuperDrive.
I explained that I wanted it to install bootcamp and they said, fine.
However when I bought the SuperDrive, it turns out its only supposed to be working with new Macbook Pro with Retina display, and other machines that don't have internal cd drives.
At first it didnt work, but then I found a helpful website which enabled it to work on my machine.
So I went ahead and started installing Windows through the BootCamp Assistant.
It partitioned my hard drive - success!
But then it turned into black screen, with message saying "CDBOOT: Memory overfloor error"
Help please!!!
I suspect the problem is either:
a) Old Macbook Pro can't boot from the Windows disk
or
b) The Windows OEM version is somehow not designed to work with Mac. I bought it secondhand off a guy, thinking it was the full version, silly thing to do!
Your thoughts and help is seriously appreciated!
Tomorrow I'm going to the Apple Store and also to buy a brand new copy of Windows, I guess.

This has been resolved. It turned out that in spite of the message at the end of installation - "Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer restart the installation" Windows was installed successfully but the problem was the Bootcamp drivers, it could not read them(install them) from my original OSX Istall DVD and I thought that that the whole package was not installed successfully. I will copy the intructions here as well since this thread may attract lots of other people with similar problem who may think it was not a good installation. Here you go:
Ok, after 3 sleepness nights I have found a solution and finally have a working Windows 7 Ultimate. I hope this will be helpful for everyone having similar issues and not have to go through the same nightmare.
Right away after logging in Windows for the first time insert the original Snow Leopard Install DVD and if Windows does not read it or install any drivers after clicking on setup.exe do the following:
Right-click on Start » Programs » Accessories » Command Prompt
Select Run as Administrator
Type cd /d D:, then press Enter
Type cd Boot Camp\Drivers\Apple, then press Enter
Type BootCamp64.msi, then press Enter
If you do not how to right click before installing the drivers the following:
Click on Start
Enter cmd in the search box
Instead of hitting the Enter key use Ctrl + Shift + Enter and will open a dialog box
Click Yes at the prompt and you will be running as an administrator.
If you do not have the original install DVD go the this link and follow the instructions(including the ones from the last comment):
<Edited by Host>

Photoshop CS3 "Not enough scratch memory available" error.

Hi,
I am Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Version 10.0 and I keep getting the error "Not enough Scratch memory available to perform this action" whenever I try to Save a .psd file to a .jpg/.jpeg file.
I did go to Edit -> Preferences -> Performance, and add my other two partitions as scratch disks, also put up my E: drive as the primary scratch disk on the top of the list (Which has 80GB's of space) but I still keep getting this error.
My file (the .psd that i am trying to save to a .jpg) has a total size of 56MB and 300dpi with 4 or 5 layers in it and the target jpg file is supposed to be 12inches by 20inches.
Some other things I have tried is celaring the %temp% folder, Defragmenting my Hard Drive(s), Disk Cleanup, set my System Page file to 4GB, but all this is of no use.
I know that I have enough RAM and Hard disk space so please help me get rid of this problem.
Also, this maybe a stupid question but, does the type of RAM and Processor you are using effect this? I have a DDR RAM.. 2GB, I know its outdated, its our office computer I am working on.. My Processor is a Core 2 Duo which isnt bad.
HELP PLEASE!!!

I think Varun is mistaking one's forums Join Date for a post time stamp.
I'm moving this post from this forum for photoshop-dot-com (an online portal) to the correct forum for Photoshop pro users like yourselves.
FYI, the correct forum URL is: http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop
Since you've posted in this forum for Photoshop.com, you may receive additional posts in this forum unless you update your profile. After signing in on these forums, go to Your Stuff > Forums, and disable any forum you don't want to watch.
Kind regards,
Charlie

CS5 "Not enough scratch memory available" error when there's plenty of it.

Illustrator CS5 throws this error:
Adobe Save For Web AI Error
Could not complete this operation. There is not enough scratch memory available.
OK
when trying to save for web. The content has a lot of linked images, around 1000x1000 px each, used with clipping masks, drop shadows and glows at 300dpi.
I realize that this might be hard to flatten for JPEG and I'd be fine with long processing times (which I get) but out of memory?.. Here's my config:
Illustrator CS5
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Intel Core i7 920
6GB RAM
Total pagefile size: 24GB.
Primary scratch disk - 155GB free.
Secondary scratch disk - 544GB free.
Those are all gigabytes, not megabytes, no mistake. There's NO WAY that there's not enough scratch memory available.
And this is how the process looks:
Physical memory usage at this point is 62%, Commit charge - 15%.
Currently, I can work around this by making a screenshot of "Original" tab in Save for Web dialogue when it's there - because sometimes it's just a pink-filled window.
So, Adobe, any suggestions, please?

Asmodeus,
Illustrator CS5 has some improvements to how Raster Effects are rendered on screen. So even if you use 72ppi DRES, you would see very little/no difference compared to 300ppi DRES - i.e., pixelization issues would be almost non-existent.
Could you try this out & come back with your findings?
Also if you just want to send something to other people for Previews, maybe a PDF with the 'Smallest File Size' Preset be good enough. These can be viewed with the (free) Adobe Reader.

Installing Solaris 10 on Sunfire V120 via network boot from Linux

I have been given a free SunFire V120 server loaded with and old copy of Solaris 9. The problem is that this server no longer has the internal DVD/CDRom drive any more. Google'd for finding a replacement CD-Rom drive show cost more than the SunFire V120 unit itself.
The plan: Install Solaris 10 for SPARC on Sunfire V120 Server
Available:
-- Sun Microsystems SunFire V120 Server (1GB of Ram and 2x 36GB 10K RPM SCSI3 drives)
-- CentOS 5.1 Linux Server
-- Solaris 10 SPARC DVD ISO Image
-- DB25 to RJ45 Serial Cable accessing V120 LOM via Minicom application on CentOS 5 server
Via the http://www.docbert.org/Solaris/Jumpstart/linux.html site, I have configured the following:
* NFS Server (nfs-utils under RedHat)
* bootparams server (bootparamd under RedHat)
* rarpd server (rarpd under RedHat)
* tftp server (tftp-server)
CentOS Server Settings:
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/ethers
0:3:ba:36:34:48 jsclient
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/bootparams
jsclient root=jsserv:/jumpstart/sol10/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot install=jsserv:/jumpstart/sol10 boottype=:in
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/exports
/jumpstart *(ro,no_root_squash)
[root@jsserv ~]# cat /etc/hosts
192.168.0.20 jsserv
192.168.0.22 jsclient
[root@jsserv ~]# ls -l /tftpboot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 7 13:35 C0A80016 -> inetboot.sol10.sun4u
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 7 13:35 C0A80016.SUN4U -> inetboot.sol10.sun4u
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217016 Mar 7 13:34 inetboot.sol10.sun4u
On CentOS Linux server -- under /var/log/messages, the rarpd shows this message:
Mar 7 14:24:41 jsserv rarpd[3516]: RARP request from 0 on eth0
Mar 7 14:24:41 jsserv rarpd[3516]: RARP response to 0 192.168.0.22 on eth0
On the SunFire V120 server, the console displays:
Sun Fire V120 (UltraSPARC-IIe 648MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 4.0, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #53883976.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:36:34:48, Host ID: 83363448.
Executing last command: boot net -v - install
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@c,1 File and args: -v - install
38e00 Using RARP/BOOTPARAMS...
Internet address is: 192.168.0.22
hostname: jsclient
domainname: (none)
Found 192.168.0.20 @ 0:13:d3:9a:9e:98
root server: jsserv (192.168.0.20)
root directory: /jumpstart/sol10/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow.
Program terminated
So now what do I do?
-- Michael

Anyone know where I can get the firmware (OBP) update / upgrade version 4.22 for the SunFire V120 server?
There is an old thread (http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5137796) that talks of having to update your firmware 4.22.x, but I have looked through the SunSolve site and I cannot find a reference to this firmware any place for the SunFire V120 servers.

JumpStart Network Boot problem

Network boot of Ultra 10 test machine from JS environment on a RedHat FC3 box all works perfectly with a Solaris 9 (0404) kernel and network boot directory structure.
When attempting jumpstart with a Solaris 10 FCS kernel and jumpstart environment, after
boot net:dhcp - install
I see usual boot device stuff, then the tftp transfer of
38600
and then
Requesting Ethernet address for IP.AD.DR.ES
boot: failed to allocate 8192 bytes from scratch memory
panic - boot: boot: scratch memory overflow
Program terminated
ok
All the refs I can find to the scratch memory overflow problem suggest a problem back in the days of a Solaris 8 kernel that a later patch solved anyway.
Firstly, has anyone one else seen similar errors to mine with a Sol10 JS ?
Secondly, has anyone any other ideas as to what's going on here (other than the unlikely chance that I have a Solaris 8 kernel inside my Sol10 JS environment !!)

This is an old thread, but I found it along my searches for the same issue - only one Sun box, and no CD/DVDROM.
I had exactly the same setup - FC3 jumpstart server which worked fine for Sol9, but failed with Sol10. The Sol10 NFSv4 client has difficulties during install talking to the Linux NFS server. One can work out the issues, installing NFSv4 - see http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ - and fixing a few other problems - see http://www.tzone.org/~vandry/howto/solaris10-install-from-linux.html - or move to a FreeBSD or NetBSD jumpstart server.
I wrote a little how-to on setting up a FreeBSD jumpstart server for Solaris 10 which can be found at http://www.pbandjelly.org/item/38
I hope this can help out those people trying to find a solution in setting up their Sun with jumpstart.
Kind Regards,
Michael

TFTP Read Access Violation in Snoop while doing network boot

Hi
I have setup my Oracle dhcp server and AI on oracle 11.1.
configure the /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts file as well.
pntadm and dhtam is also setup with macro
I deplou solaris 11.1 AI sparc image as my service
create-client and manifest is also associated as per client machine Mac interface
On client machine
I created the devalias entry for my Nic interface
did now
boot net:dhcp
Requesting Internet Address for 0:e:1E:8:bf:f8
Requesting Internet Address for 0:e:1E:8:bf:f8
Time out waiting for tftp reply
On server machine in snoop its showing
tftp read "01010F19" (octet)
TFTP Error : Access violation
I check tftp service is running on server as below
/usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /etc/netboot
Please help me i am not able to figure out whats the problem
Thanks

But even on dhcp it doesn't work without setting network-boot-arguments on OBP
If i don't feed any entry in /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts
whenvever I do on client side boot net:dhcp it always give rarp messages in the snoop on server.
What can be the reason.

V240 can't boot: Solaris 10

Hi all
I am having trouble booting one of my remote systems via the alom. Three days prior to this issue I successfully booted the machine, did some work on it, and then gracefully shut it down. I am unable to boot the machine now though.
Here is the error I get:
{1} ok boot
Probing system devices
Probing memory
ChassisSerialNumber xxxxxx
Probing I/O buses
Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.22.33, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #xxxxxx.
Ethernet address xxxxxx, Host ID: xxxxxxx.
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: disk File and args:
Boot load failed.
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.I have searched on Google and found a few things which I have tried (install bootblock, etc) but it has not solved my problem. Any ideas on how to get this sorted or is it a disk fault?

Yip, I have tried those. Tried an upgrade install as well...then hit a speed bump;
─ Upgrading Solaris Software - Progress     ────────────────────────────────────────
The Solaris software is now being upgraded on     the system using the profile
you created. Upgrading Solaris software can take up to 2 hours (may be
longer on servers) depending on the software you've selected,     the
reallocation of any space if needed, and the speed of     the network or local
CD-ROM.
When Solaris software     is completely upgraded,     the message `Upgrade complete'
will be displayed.
       0                                                          100
panic[cpu0]/thread=2a10277fca0: free: freeing free block, dev:0x5500000001, block:22856, ino:326218, fs:/a
000002a10277f1c0 ufs:real_panic_v+60 (0, 18d7ad0, 2a10277f460, 180c000, 0, 60010db5880)
%l0-3: 000000007018c078 000000007018c100 000000000180c310 000000007bbb7ce8
%l4-7: 00000000704faa40 0000060011da5430 0000000000000064 0000000001815000
000002a10277f270 ufs:ufs_fault_v+c8 (600168a76c0, 18d7ad0, 2a10277f460, 0, 60011d04d28, 180c000)
%l0-3: 0000000000000000 0000000000022120 000000000187a000 0000000000000000
%l4-7: 000000000180c000 0000000000000000 0000060011d04c80 0000000000000001
000002a10277f320 ufs:ufs_fault+1c (600168a76c0, 18d7ad0, 5500000001, 5948, 4fa4a, 600127b60d4)
%l0-3: 00000600127b6000 0000030003b44158 000002a10277f630 00000000018d7800
%l4-7: 0000030003b44000 000000000000007b 0000000000000089 0000000000000001
000002a10277f3d0 ufs:indirtrunc+28c (55c, 30003b3e000, ffffffffffffffff, 0, 10, ffffffffffffffff)
%l0-3: 0000000000000089 0000000000000010 000006001dfcb260 000000000000008d
%l4-7: 0000030003b3f570 00000000005c9948 000000000000055c ffffffffffffffff
000002a10277f4a0 ufs:indirtrunc+248 (3, 30003bbc000, ffffffffffffffff, 1, 10, 0)
%l0-3: 0000000000000089 0000000000000000 000006001dfca2e0 000000000000008d
%l4-7: 0000030003bbc00c 00000000005c5da8 0000000000000003 ffffffffffffffff
000002a10277f570 ufs:ufs_itrunc+690 (600168a4750, 0, 2a10277f7a8, b, 45e0c8, 8d)
%l0-3: 0000000000000000 000002a10277f6ac 0000000000000001 000002a10277f630
%l4-7: 0000000000000000 00000600127b6000 ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000010
000002a10277f800 ufs:ufs_trans_itrunc+19c (600168a4750, 0, 81, 21, 0, 2a10277f8d0)
%l0-3: 000002a10277f8d8 0000000000000080 000000000000ffbf 0000000000000040
%l4-7: 0000060011d04cc8 00000600168a4830 0000060011d04c80 00000600127b6000
000002a10277f8e0 ufs:ufs_delete+3a0 (60011d04c80, 600168a4750, 81a4, 0, 600168a76c0, 1)
%l0-3: 00000000000081a4 000000000000f000 00000600168a4770 0000000000000000
%l4-7: 00000600168a4830 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 000000000000f000
000002a10277f9c0 ufs:ufs_thread_delete+dc (600168a4750, 18d8400, 600168a4750, 2a10277fa70, 60011d04c80, 60011d04cf0)
%l0-3: 0000060011d04cd0 0000000000000000 00000600168a4750 0000000000000000
%l4-7: 0000000000000001 00000600168a4750 00000600168a4750 00000600168a4750
syncing file systems... [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] done (not all i/o completed)
dumping to /dev/md/dsk/d13, offset 839909376, content: kernel
100% done: 52724 pages dumped, compression ratio 3.66, dump succeeded
rebooting...
Probing system devices
Probing memory
ChassisSerialNumber xxxxxx
Probing I/O buses
Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.22.33, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #xxxxx
Ethernet address xxxxxx, Host ID: xxxxxx
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: disk File and args:
Boot load failed.
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.Things seem to be pointing to a faulty disk. When I ran fsck on the two mirrored boot slices I got errors. It eventually fixed them up after running fsck a few times. Still can't boot though.

??? - Install CD w/ custom /boot/solaris/devicedb/master ?

Howdy Friends:
Any suggestion on how I might go about creating a custom Solaris 10 install CD with a modified /boot/solaris/devicedb/master file? My IDE controller isn't recognized by Solaris 10, and I need to modify the master file to include the driver info (Sil 0680 IDE RAID) for installation.
I am aware I could just create an install floppy via DD, however this system does not have a floppy drive nor a working FDD controller. I also cannot boot via a USB floppy due to no support in the BIOS.
I've tried installing via a network install (PXE), but I never get past the "Solaris Network Boot..." screen.
Any help installing on this system would be awesome. I'm excited to use Solaris 10!
-- JWheeler
tpawiredboy*at*unequa-tsi.net

The process for creating a bootable Solaris x86 CD is quite a bit harder than it is on Sparc hardware. Or at least it was with the only process I know about. It is much simpler to perform a network-based installation.
One catch to the network install, however, is that a Sparc system cannot read all the partitions on the x86 Solaris CD. I had to put the disc into an existing Solaris x86 system, NFS mount a directory from my Sparc server, and perform a "./setup_install_server" from the x86 system to the NFS directory.
Once that was complete, I could use the Sparc server to jumpstart the x86 systems using custom configurations. It also allowed me to install the correct drivers for the x86 system in question that were not part of the Solaris CD (which is one of the problems you describe).
I realize that you were probably looking for a simpler answer that this...

Problem booting Solaris 10 on ProLiant server after installation.

Hi all!
I have a brand new HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server. It contains 6 internal
hard drives. RAID 5 is configured on these drives using built-in HP
Smart Array P400i controller. I've just installed Solaris 10 8/07 on this
server. Solaris requires a driver for P400i controller. I'm using Driver
Update CD created from HP provided ISO image. Solaris 10 is
officially supported OS for DL360 G5 server.
Installation proceeds as expected:
1) At the begining of Solaris installation, Driver Update is used to
load HP driver for raid controller. During installation, disk is
recognized as c1d0t0 (the only disk in system); one partition is
created on this disk.
2) Disk is devided to 6 slices:
c1d0t0s0 - swap, 4GB
c1d0t0s1 - /, cca 32GB
c1d0t0s[3,4,5,6] - /zones/[a,b,c,d] - each cca 160GB
3) At the end of installation, CPQary3 driver is installed to target
system without any errors reported. No errors are reported during
installation at all.
After reboot, GRUB is started. It shows boot menu containing two
options:
- Solaris 'normal' boot
- failsafe boot
PROBLEM: Selecting 'normal' boot leads to immediate system restart.
According to documentation, this case occurs when PCQary3
driver is not installed.
I'm able to boot using 'failsafe' option in grub. After entering single
user, I load PCQary3 driver to runtime using 'install-du' command.
I'm also able to find instaled Solaris using 'install-recovery' and mount
its root volume to /a directory. Necessary driver IS installed inside
/a/kernel/drv/ directory. Options 'bootpath' in /a/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
file is set up correctly pointing to device associated with /dev/dsk/c1d0t0s1
device. Also GRUB is able to recognize UFS filesystem for boot partition.
I've already tried (without success):
1) Use RAID 1+0 instead of RAID5
2) Create only 3,5GB partition instead of 700GB large one.
3) Place / on c1d0t0s0 instead of c1d0t0s1.
4) Re-create boot archive using 'bootadm update-archive -R /a'
So, everything seems to be installed correctly, but system cannot boot.
Do you have any ideas how to fix this problem?
Jozef

Sounds like an issue I just had with a brand new X4150, installation and failsafe worked fine, but normal booting led to immediate reboot of the server. This was due to an incompatibility of solaris and intel's newest generation xeon chips.
You can still boot 'normal' solaris in 32-bit mode:
hit 'e' at the grub menu, 'e' again to edit the 'normal' boot entry and add 'kernel/unix' after multiboot. This should boot up solaris in 32-bit mode. From there, download and install the latest patch set (125370-06 and 127112-05 are fixing this issue). After that you should be fine.
Bjoern

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Hello. I currently have windows xp as my OS. I would like to install Solaris 8 as a secondary OS. I have a separate hard drive I would like to put Solaris on. My question is, will the solaris installation allow me to choose which drive to install solaris to? Also, how can I set up my system to boot windows if I do nothing, but boot solaris if I choose to? Thanks for any help, I'm new to solaris and to dual-booting.

Try this URL:
http://sun.pmbc.com/faq/9.html
Hope it helps.
Senthilkumar
Developer Technical Support
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
http://www.sun.com/developers/support

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Hi all,
I have XP on Master Drive and I used Jumpstart to install Solaris on Slave Drive.
This is the profile:
install_type     initial_install
system_type     standalone
usedisk          c0d1
boot_device      c0d1 update
root_device     c0d1s0
fdisk           c0d1 solaris all
partitioning     explicit
filesys          c0d1s0 10000 /
filesys          c0d1s1 1111 swap
filesys          c0d1s7 free /export/home
cluster          SUNWCreq
Now, I specified that the boot_device is c0d1 but after the installation the boot device is c0d0 which is my Master Drive...
...when I use Windows Boot Manager to boot Solaris... it cannot find the boot files on the master drive so it runs the DCA...
... so under the DCA I have to tell Solaris that the boot files are in my Slave Drive then I save it.
...I don't want to make this change everytime
any ideas that would make this install hands free?

...don't know the answer to that but here is an alternative:
... use this as your finish script
... it changes the bootpath in bootenv.rc to point to the slave drive
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(INFILE,"/a/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc");
open(OUTFILE,">/a/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc_out");
while(<INFILE>) {
chomp;
#--cmdk@0,0 is the master drive
#--cmdk@1,0 is the slave drive
s/cmdk\@0\,0/cmdk\@1\,0/g;
print OUTFILE "$_\n";
#...replace bootenv.rc_out with bootenv.rc
...happy programming

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Hi to all !!!
I am a newbiew using Solaris 10 for the first time. i have an assignment of creating a small and secure network using SOlaris as a server and windows 2000 as a client.
i have installed Solaris 10 on Intel 1.7 GHz and it is working properly. Now i am a bit puzzled, what to do now ... ?
My assignment is to configure FTP,Samba,a mail server and distribute internet on this network.
Kindly please assist me in this matter.
Thanx in advance.
Ahmed Muaaz.

You can read:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.16
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