Solaris 10 x86 - Disabling Bus Master Enable(vgatext)

I am looking for a way to prevent the vgatext driver from setting the Bus Master enable bit for devices claimed by this driver. I can create config file /kernel/drv/vgatext.conf that contains command-preserve=4; This will turn off the setting of this for each VGA card that is not used as the console however the card that does get used as the console is still having the Bus Master Enable bit set by this driver.

I'm getting the same problem trying to install
Solaris 10 in VMware from DVD.
It brings up the Solaris Primary Boot Subsystem, so
it appears to be reading fine, but the only thing
that happens is I get the Cannot find boot.bin
error.Hmm, the "Cannot find boot.bin." message comes from the
CD/DVD's boot code, which is contained in the first 16 sectors
of the media.
The boot.bin file is supposed to be read from the Solaris UFS
slice, which starts at 512 byte block #5151360 (or 2048 byte
dvd sector #1287840). This a byte offset of ~2.6 GBytes.
Maybe an issue with your system's bios not being able to read
DVD media > 2GB, during DVD boot?
Or a problem with burning the DVD media? Maybe some
"smart" PC DVD burning software has decided only to record
the 2.6 GB ISO filesystem, and the 100 MB Solaris UFS
filesystem that follows the ISO filesystem is missing on the DVD?
Or a 2GB filesize issue while burning the DVD?
Do you have a pc / windows utility that can print some information
about the S10 DVD media, especially the size of that DVD?
Maybe your CD/DVD recording software?
The original S10 GA x86 DVD image has a size of 2732195840
bytes, or 1334080 2K DVD blocks.

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board.RP.cfg_usrapp.TSK_WRITE_CFG_DW(32'h01, 32'h00000007, 4'h1);
This changes the cfg_function_status[15:0] from 16'h0088 to 16'h008b, which means that it only changes bit 0 and bit 1, but does not change the bus master enable bit.
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Pei Luo

Hi, Vanitha,
Thanks for your response!
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Solaris 10 X86 and disabling the desktop start up?

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the only thing that worked for me was:
svcadm disable svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default
I had been using CDE last. The suggestion to /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -d did not keep the graphical login from happening (that's suggested in the official online docs), and "dtlogin" is not recognized as a service by svcadm so that doesn't work either. Finally, very few services are started by /etc/*.d/ any more, of the remaining scripts in /etc/rc2.d S99dtlogin is not among them. So do the above with newer releases, mine is u3.
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Jumpstart: Disable user registration in Solaris 10 x86 8/07

Earlier Solaris version let you disable the user registration screen by adding DISABLE=1 to /etc/default/solregis or not installing SUNWsregu. That doesn't work with Solaris 10 x86 8/07. There is no SUNWsregu package.
Can this still be disabled?

Confirmed: I just jumpstarted with Solaris 10 x86 (10/09) AKA Update 8, and touched the .nvreg file into existence with a finish script. The system no longer prompts to register at first login.
Finish script code snipit:
if [ -d ${BASEDIR}/usr/lib/breg/data ]; then
touch ${BASEDIR}/usr/lib/breg/data/.nvreg
fi

Solaris 10 x86 b72 "Cannot find boot.bin" booting from SCSI.

Hello,
After several gyrations of installation attempts and dealing with early BIOS PnP issues, I've finally managed to get Solaris 10 x86 installed on an old dual P2 333Mhz system. So far the system is running flawlessly, but I'm still not able to boot directly off the SCSI disk. The primary boot handler is erroring out that it cannot find boot.bin.
I can boot fine off of the IDE CD drive and the floppy (currently pointed to autoboot into the SCSI disk as a workaround). But when I try to boot directly off the SCSI drive, I get the error from the Solaris boot manager that it "Cannot find boot.bin".
I have booted off the CD & Floppy and compared the /boot files from both the CD & floppy, but I cannot find any difference that would prevent the primary boot loader from finding boot.bin. I've even compared files to make sure they were not corrupt, and even force re-installed the boot handlers, and manually partioning, always with the same results. I've also tried both enabling and disabling the DOS >1G translation of the Adaptec SCSI BIOS with no change. I can't find any reason that the boot loader is not seeing boot.bin, or that the file is corrupt in any way (even after several wipe and install attempts).
My System is:
Supermicro P6DLS dual Pentium II 333MHz & 512MB RAM, w/ Adaptec 7880 SCSI-UW and IDE (whopping UltraDMA 33) interfaces.
CD/DVD reader is configured as the secondary master (moved from primary master in an attempt to fix boot problem)
HD is a 16GB UW SCSI disk.
(Other particulars ommited unless someone feels they are relevant to the boot process).
The system came to me with Windows 2000 installed and functioning. I also had Fedora Core 3 installed, both with no boot problems of the SCSI disk. (Although FC3 would not see the second processor even with the canned SMP kernel).
This system is intended to replace a Fedora Core 3 system to be a multi-purpose firewall gateway & proxy server and I'm really liking the performance I'm seeing with Solaris 10 on this system but would like it to be able to go through a normal boot process and not have to depend on a floppy as a boot device to get started.
Anyone have any ideas why the Solaris x86 boot loaders think that they cannot find boot.bin when the full /boot partion is intact?
TIA,
-Troy

I'm getting the same problem trying to install
Solaris 10 in VMware from DVD.
It brings up the Solaris Primary Boot Subsystem, so
it appears to be reading fine, but the only thing
that happens is I get the Cannot find boot.bin
error.Hmm, the "Cannot find boot.bin." message comes from the
CD/DVD's boot code, which is contained in the first 16 sectors
of the media.
The boot.bin file is supposed to be read from the Solaris UFS
slice, which starts at 512 byte block #5151360 (or 2048 byte
dvd sector #1287840). This a byte offset of ~2.6 GBytes.
Maybe an issue with your system's bios not being able to read
DVD media > 2GB, during DVD boot?
Or a problem with burning the DVD media? Maybe some
"smart" PC DVD burning software has decided only to record
the 2.6 GB ISO filesystem, and the 100 MB Solaris UFS
filesystem that follows the ISO filesystem is missing on the DVD?
Or a 2GB filesize issue while burning the DVD?
Do you have a pc / windows utility that can print some information
about the S10 DVD media, especially the size of that DVD?
Maybe your CD/DVD recording software?
The original S10 GA x86 DVD image has a size of 2732195840
bytes, or 1334080 2K DVD blocks.

Intel network interface with Solaris 10 x86

Hi,
I have been Googling all evening to try and find a solution to this, but here is the problem:
I have a PC built around an Asus P4C800-E system board, and I have Solaris 10 x86 01/2006 installed. I would like to get the Ethernet interface (Intel adaptor, running on a CSA bus) up and running - but for some reason I can't seem to get the driver to bind to the proper address (pci8086,1019 - from what I have been able to find out): It instead insists on binding to pci1043,80f7. Even though pci8086,1019 is listed in /etc/device_aliases, it won't play nice.
I know the NIC is working, and have tried it under other OSes (including Linux).
Although Solaris x86 "sees" something there, and the interface is plumbed (it can even tell when the network link is up or down), I can't get the interface to work - pings do not work, etc.
Is there a way I can convince the driver to bind to pci8086,1019 instead of pci1043,80f7?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Joovilhar.

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I can't seem to get the driver to bind to the proper address (pci8086,1019 - from what I have been able to find out): It instead insists on binding to pci1043,80f7. Even though pci8086,1019 is listed in /etc/device_aliases, it won't play nice.
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Is 1043,80f7 the device's pci subsystem vendor and subsystem device id?
And 8086,1019 is the normal vendor/device id?
In this case everything would work as expected.
What is listed by "/usr/X11/bin/scanpci -v" for the ethernet controller?
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I know the NIC is working, and have tried it under other OSes (including Linux).
Although Solaris x86 "sees" something there, and the interface is plumbed (it can even tell when the network link is up or down), I can't get the interface to work - pings do not work, etc.
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Try to boot the kernel with various settings of the "acpi-user-options" variable,
to disable / enable ACPI. In previous Solaris x86 releases, when
something went wrong configuring an interrupt vector for a nic device,
the typical end result is a nic that is unable to receive incomming
packets. Maybe your Asus P4C800-E is still problematic with ACPI, with
S10 x86 1/2006, and needs the acpi-user-options workaround.
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/danasblog?anchor=configurin g_solaris_acpi_at_boot
To change the "acpi-user-options" variable, edit the grub boot command
line and edit the "multiboot" line, e.g. append "-Bacpi-user-options=0x2".

"/network/physical:default" problem in Solaris 10 x86

I have a problem with network interface on Solaris 10 x86 on HP Proliant ML 370 G4 server.
The problem is that at the boot time it report some problem with network interface and writes "see svcs -x"
# svcs -x
svc:/network/physical:default (physical network interfaces)
State: maintenance since Mon 21 Mar 2005 09:55:39
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: ifconfig(1M)
See: /etc/svc/volatile/network-physical:default.log
Impact: 5 dependent services are not running. (Use -v for list.)
svc:/application/print/server:default (LP print server)
State: disabled since Mon 21 Mar 2005 09:55:38
Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
See: lpsched(1M)
Impact: 2 dependent services are not running. (Use -v for list.)
svcs -v shows that /network/physical:default need maintance
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
# svcs -xv /network/physical:default
svc:/network/physical:default (physical network interfaces)
State: maintenance since Mon 21 Mar 2005 09:55:39
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_CONFIG.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M ifconfig
See: /etc/svc/volatile/network-physical:default.log
Impact: 5 dependent services are not running:
svc:/milestone/network:default
svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr:default
svc:/network/nfs/client:default
svc:/network/nfs/status:default
svc:/network/ssh:default
# more /etc/svc/volatile/network-physical:default.log
[ Mar 21 09:55:37 Enabled. ]
[ Mar 21 09:55:38 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/net-physical") ]
[ Mar 21 09:55:38 Timeout override by svc.startd. Using infinite timeout ]
ifconfig: plumb: eri0: No such file or directory
moving addresses from failed IPv4 interfaces: eri0 (couldn't move, no alternative interface).
[ Mar 21 09:55:39 Method "start" exited with status 96 ]
I have not any eri device in /dev directory
How can I add a network interface?

Try elxl0 :-) This is: E L X L - zero :-) instead of: qfe0.
PS The 0 can increase to 1,2,.. if you have more 3com cards in the system.

The Database of SunMc 4.0 didn't start, on Solaris 10 X86

Hello, happy new year, i am installing the three layers of SunMC 4.0 (server, agent and console), under Solaris 10 X86.
But, after setting the Web Server Security Key, the Web Server Port Selection, snmp Port,etc, the installation fails to start the DB used by the SunMC 4.0
This is the Log
The system memory to be compared has mapped to : 512
Skipping the Disable SNMP panel as a port other than 161 is specified as the agent port
The web server organization is given as : elektra
The web server location is given as : unefon
The Setup script will be executed as : /var/opt/SUNWsymon/install/guibased-setup.1199486648293.sh
SYMON_JAVAHOME is set to: /usr/java
JDK version is: "1.5.0_12-b04"
This script will help you to setup Sun Management Center 4.0.
Following layer[s] are installed:SERVER,AGENT,CONSOLE
None of the layers is setup.
Following layer[s] will get setup: SERVER,AGENT,CONSOLE.
Database will be setup.
Following Addon[s] are installed:
Advanced System Monitoring,Service Availability Manager,Performance Reporting Manager,Solaris Container Manager,System Reliability Manager,Generic X86/X64 Config Reader.
Checking memory available...
Configuring Sun Management Center DB...
Initializing SunMC database.
Successfully enabled service sunmc-database
Successfully disabled service sunmc-database
Initiating setup for Sun Management Center Server Component.
This part of the setup process does the Sun Management Center Server Component setup.
Creating the group esadm that contains Sun Management Center Admin Users.
Creating the group esdomadm that contains Sun Management Center Domain Admin Users.
Creating the group esops that contains Sun Management Center Operator Users.
You need to setup a user as a Sun Management Center administrator.
This person will be added to the esadm and esdomadm groups.
You must enter a valid username: : root
Generating server security keys.
Setting up web server...
An encrypted security key is needed for the Sun Management Center web server.
The key is generated based on the organization and location you provide.
Enter the name of your organization : : elektra
Enter the geographical location of this host : : unefon
Configure Sun Management Center web server port. Default port is 8080
Press RETURN to force default port.
Enter port you would like to use [ 1100 to 65535 ]: : 8080
The sunmcweb web application has been successfully deployed.
Using /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/console-tools.cfg
/var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/tools-extension-j.x updated.
Starting Java Webstart based Sun Management Center
Java Console setup. This will take 2 minutes. Please wait...
Completing Sun Management Center Server Component setup.
Initiating setup for Sun Management Center Agent Component.
This part of the setup process does the Sun Management Center Agent Component setup.
Copying snmpd.conf file into /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg
Server component also installed locally.
Using this machine as the Sun Management Center server.
WARNING It appears that agent.snmpPort 161 is already in use.
Sun Management Center 4.0 agent may not be able to run due to this conflict.
There are two ways to correct this conflict:
1. Reconfigure the port that Sun Management Center 4.0 uses.
2. Stop the process that is using the port.
Press RETURN to force default port.
Enter port you would like to use [ 1100 to 65535 ]: : 1161
Updating /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/domain-config.x with new port number.
Generating agent security keys.
PKCS11 Utilities package(SUNWcsl) was found.
Encrypted SNMP Communication is supported.
Setup of Agent component is successful.
**Starting Sun Management Center database setup...**
**verifyDatabaseDown: instance is not executing**
**Database consistency information missing.**
**Configuring database initialization parameter file**
**Stopping metadata component**
**Stopping cfgserver component**
**Stopping topology component**
**Stopping event component**
**Stopping grouping service**
**Stopping trap component**
**Stopping java server**
**Stopping webserver**
**Stopping agent component**
**Stopping platform component**
**Failed to enable service sunmc-database**
**Database setup failed : db-start failed**
**Updating registry...**
**As database is not setup, Marking server setup as failed in Registry.**
**None of the base layers are setup.**
**No Addon is setup.**
**Following Addons are not yet setup: Advanced System Monitoring,Service Availability Manager,Performance Reporting Manager,Solaris Container Manager,System Reliability Manager,Generic X86/X64 Config Reader**
**Could not finish requested task.**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**opping agent component**
**Successfully disabled service sunmc-agent**
**Stopping platform component**
**Successfully disabled service sunmc-platform**
**verifyDatabaseDown: instance is not executing**
**Failed to enable service sunmc-database**
**Database setup failed : db-start failed**
**Updating registry...**
**As database is not setup, Marking server setup as failed in Registry.**
**None of the base layers are setup.**
**No Addon is setup.**
**Following Addons are not yet setup: Advanced System Monitoring,Service Availability Manager,Performance Reporting Manager,Solaris Container Manager,System Reliability Manager,Generic X86/X64 Config Reader**
**Could not finish requested task.**
The lay-out of my FileSystems is:
root@petersteiner install $ df -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 4.2G 3.5G 721M 84% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 780M 856K 779M 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
4.2G 3.5G 721M 84% /lib/libc.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
swap 780M 396K 779M 1% /tmp
swap 779M 36K 779M 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c0d0s7 10G 10M 9.9G 1% /export/home
I hope, that someone can help me. pLZ

... and ... before running es-inst you have to add the PostgreSQL packages from the Solaris Media (5.10 U5 in my case)
Step order again:
- kill all postmaster processes (PostgreSQL Procs)
- if applicable svcadm disable all sunmc services
- /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-uninst -X
- remove all SUNWpostgr* and SUNWpg* packages
- install these Packages - to be downloaded from http://www.sunfreeware.com/indexsparc10.html:
libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local.gz , zlib-1.2.3-sol10-sparc-local.gz , readline-5.2-sol10-sparc-local.gz
or - the x64 respectively
- edit /etc/project to have this line for "default" : default:3::::project.max-shm-memory=(priv,2684354456,deny)
the value have to be calculated by one third of your physical memory.
- add the original postgreSQL packages from the Solaris install media :
SUNWpostgr-libs
SUNWpostgr
SUNWpostgr-contrib
SUNWpostgr-devel
SUNWpostgr-server-data
SUNWpostgr-server
SUNWpostgr-jdbc
SUNWpostgr-pl
SUNWpostgr-tcl
SUNWpostgr-docs
- run es-inst again from your install image path

Solaris Management Console 2.1 in Solaris 10 x86 nv-b40 and nv-b42.....

I have been Solaris 10 x86 on my Intel machines and never had any problem with SMC. However, things seems to have changed since
nv-b40 release. SMC out-of-the-box does not work even the first time. I get a message like Server is not running, Toolbox is not available. I tried to start the server manually using the command
/etc/init.d/init.wbem start
and I got the message
svccfg:Pattern 'application/swcwbem' doesn't match any instances or services.
I have reinstalled nv-b38 and SMC works fine. Does any one know what has changed between nv-b38 and nv-b40 releases which caused SMC not to work out-of-the-box? Also, if any one has encountered this problem and got a fix for it, could you please post it here? Thanks a bunch in advance.
-Victor bagga

did you enable tcp listening?
svccfg -s wbem setprop options/tcp_listen=true
svcadm refresh wbem
svcadm restart wbem

Solaris 10 X86 - Hardware RAID - SMC/SVM question...

I have gotten back into Sun Solaris System Administration after a five year hiatus... My skills are a little rusty and some of the tools have changed, so here is are my questions...
I have installed Solaris 10 release 1/06 on a Dell 1850 with an attached PowrVault 220v connected to a Perc 4 Di controller. The RAID is configured via BIOS interface to my liking, Solaris is installed and see's all my partitions which I created during install.
For testing purposes, the servers internal disk is used for the OS, the PowerVault is split into 2 RAID's - one is a mirror, one is a stripe...
The question is; do I manage the RAID using Sun Management Console and the tools OR do I use SMC?
When I launch SMC and go into Enhanced Storage... I do not see any RAID's... If I select "Disks" I do see them, but when I select them, it wants to run "FDISK" on them... now this is OK since they are blank but I want to ensure I am not doing sometinhg I should not be concerned with...
If the PERC controller is controlling the RAID, what do I need SMC for?

You can use SMC for other purposes but it won't help your with RAID.
Sol 10 1/06 has raidctl which handles LSI1030 and LSI1064 RAID�enabled controllers (from raidctl(1M)).
Some of the PERCs (most?) are LSI but I don't know if they are chipsets used by your PoweEdge (I doubt it).
Generally you can break it down like this for x86:
If you are using hardware RAID with Solaris 10 x86 you have to use pre-Solaris (i.e. on the RAID controller) managment or hope that the manufacturer of the device has a Solaris managment agent/interface (good luck).
The only exception to this that I know of is the RAID that comes with V20z, V40z, X4100, X4200.
Otherwise you will want to go with SVM or VxVM and manage RAID within Solaris (software RAID).
SMC etc are only going to show you stuff if SVM is involved and VxVM has its own interface, otherwise the disks are controlled by PERC and just hanging out as far as Solaris is concerned.
Hope this helps.

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 & 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

Problem booting a Solaris 10 x86 after Jumpstart Installation

Hi,
I have a strange problem. I have a working x86 machine with Solaris 10 installed. I have made a flash image of it's hard disk, and I have store thar flar on another machine. I have another Solaris 10 with Jumpstart.
I boot other x86 machine through PXE. The Jumpstart machine gives it a valid IP, and the process of sending the flash image begins. The process finish, and the client machine reboots. And here is the strange problem:
When starting, the Grub men� appears, and shows the two options configured: first, start Solaris in normal mode, and second, failsafe.
If I choose normal start, the screen goes black and the machine restart as if you rebooted it. I can only start in failsafe mode.
Here are the config files in Jumpstart for that machine:
Profile:
install_type flash_install
archive_location nfs 10.95.8.7:/export/backup/platform/alba-ucm/ALBA-UCM-HostID_2b72c461_4x80GbMirror-Prepared_09042008.flar
partitioning explicit
filesys c0t0d0s0 1:2650 /
filesys c0t0d0s1 2651:1600 /var
filesys c0t0d0s3 4251:400 swap
filesys c0t0d0s4 4651:1000 /opt/app
filesys c0t0d0s5 5651:3143 /repositoryCC
filesys c0t0d0s6 8794:100 /tmp
filesys c0t0d0s7 8894:26
filesys c0t2d0s0 1:8093 /datos
filesys c0t2d0s1 8094:800 /DBoracle
filesys c0t2d0s7 8894:26
After Script:
touch /a/etc/notrouter
touch /a/noautoshutdown
sync
echo "Changing and syncing bootenv.rc"
# clear the boot-args property
echo "setprop boot-args ''" >> /a/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
# set the bootpath property to boot from the hard disk
STRING=`df | grep '^/a '� | sed 's/).*//' | sed 's/^.* (//'`
STRING=`ls -l ${STRING}`
MYROOT=`echo $STRING | sed 's/.*..\/..\/devices//'`
echo "setprop bootpath ${MYROOT}" >> /a/boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
# disable kdmconfig from running after the first reboot
sysidconfig -b /a -r /usr/openwin/bin/kdmconfig
sync
And here is the menu.lst for Grub:
title Solaris 10
root (hd0,0,a)
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
title Solaris Failsafe
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -s
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safe
Please, any idea about what may be hapening?

Thanks for your answers.
Yes, both machines have the same hardware exactly. Finally, I could find where the problem was.
The file bootenv.rc, for some reason that I don't know, was corrupted: In it there was a correct line with bootpath variable correctly defined, but, at the end of the file, there was another line setting the bootpath variable to a long and incoherent string of chars. Booting in failsafe, mounting the system in /a, and removing that stupid line from the bootenv.rc, solved the problem.

DNS and Static IP Address Question on Solaris v10 X86

I�ve recently installed Solaris v10 X86 and have two questions. The system is a Dell E521 with 4GB RAM and 1GB SysKonnect NIC, and internet is provided via a cable modem, that�s plugged into a Netgear router, and the Solaris 10 box is plugged into the Netgear router via a CAT5 ethernet cable.
1. I can connect to my router login page using the following URL:
http://192.168.1.1/start.htm and I can also connect to various web pages such as yahoo, if I first "ping yahoo.com" (on another machine that�s internet enabled) and then plug the web site�s ip address into the Solaris/Mozilla browser. So it appears that I haven�t been successful at pointing the Solaris x86 at a DNS server to resolve the DNS name.
2. I've purchased a commercially available software package and it requires a static ip address for this Solaris x86 server. If the ip address changes, it�ll stop working by design and require that I reacquire the license file. When connecting through this Netgear router, how do I lock this Solaris v10 x86 server into a specific ip address? (the ip address floats presently when cycling my PC�s on/off) presently, and assume the Solaris box will too, usually through an ip range of 192.168.1.<1 through 5>
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
skge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 0:0:5a:9b:1f:10
# netstat -rn
Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
192.168.1.0 192.168.1.3 U 1 1 skge0
224.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 U 1 0 lo0
default 192.168.1.1 UG 1 0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 8 163 lo0
Some of the present Netgear router settings:
Internet IP Address
Get Dynamically From ISP (yes)
Use Static IP Address      (no)
IP Address           75.185. CROSSED-OUT3
IP Subnet Mask      255.255.248.0
Gateway IP Address      75.185.CROSSED-OUT4
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
Get Automatically From ISP (yes)
Use These DNS Servers (blank)
Primary DNS      ... (blank)
Secondary DNS      ... (blank)
Netgear Router Status Page:
Account Name      WGT624v3
Hardware Version      V3H1
Firmware Version      V2.0.16_1.0.1NA
Internet Port
MAC Address      00:40:ca:a8:CROSSED-OUT2
IP Address           75.185.CROSSED-OUT3
DHCP           DHCPClient
IP Subnet Mask      255.255.248.0
Domain Name Server      65.24.7.3
          65.24.7.6
LAN Port
MAC Address      00:18:4D:85:CROSSED-OUT1
IP Address           192.168.1.1
DHCP                ON
IP Subnet Mask      255.255.255.0
Excerpt from doing a prtconf -D command:
pci10de,26f, instance #0 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci1028,8010, instance #0 (driver name: hci1394)
pci1148,5021, instance #0 (driver name: skge)
pci1028,1ed
pci1022,1100
The NIC is a SysKonnect 9821 1GB Ethernet card. The drivers in Solaris 10 were apparently very old and didn't install drivers or configure/plumb when I installed Solaris 10, so I downloaded the
latest drivers (hard to find!), followed the instructions and got the NIC drivers installed and then plumbed.
My router's ip address appears to be 192.168.1.1 and in one of the articles I've read, there is a recommendation to create a file (touch) within /etc named defaultrouter and enter the router's ip address. I did this, and the file now contains:
192.168.1.1
I also read where another file called resolv.conf needed to be pointed to a DNS server, which in this case, according to my Netgear router, and according to ipconfig/all on another WinBox on the same network, also shows the same 192.168.1.1 address for the DNS, so I created that file too (wasn't there) and it contains:
nameserver 192.168.1.1
There is a host name file called hostname.skge0 and it contains one line:
INTHOST
There is a hosts file, and it contains:
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost homex86
192.168.1.3 INTHOST
There is a netmasks file, and other than the commented out lines, it appears to contain one relevant line:
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
There is a nsswitch.conf file and other than the commented out lines, it contains:
passwd: files
group: files
hosts: files
ipnodes: files
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
ethers: files
netmasks: files
bootparams: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files
services: files
printers: user files
auth_attr: files
prof_attr: files
project: files
tnrhtp: files
tnrhdb: files
There is an nsswitch.dns file:
passwd: files
group: files
ipnodes: files dns
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
ethers: files
netmasks: files
bootparams: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files
services: files
printers: user files
auth_attr: files
prof_attr: files
project: files
tnrhtp: files
tnrhdb: files
Finally, I've also seen some advice using the folling command (and I tried it):
"route add default 192.168.1.1" as an alternative method of setting up route table
The only other command I've tried is:
"ifconfig skge0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" but I suspect that was redundant as the plumb command I used to get the NIC functioning earlier probably already provided what was needed.
Finally, on this small network, I ran an ipconfig/all on a Windows based PC, to see what network settings were reported through the wireless connection, and this is an excerpt of that information:
C:\Documents and Settings\mark_burke>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Ethernet adapter {xxxxxxxx}:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet Scheduler Min
iport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

I�ve recently installed Solaris v10 X86 and have two
questions. The system is a Dell E521 with 4GB RAM
and 1GB SysKonnect NIC, and internet is provided via
a cable modem, that�s plugged into a Netgear router,
and the Solaris 10 box is plugged into the Netgear
router via a CAT5 ethernet cable.
1. I can connect to my router login page using the
following URL:
http://192.168.1.1/start.htm and I can also connect
to various web pages such as yahoo, if I first "ping
yahoo.com" (on another machine that�s internet
enabled) and then plug the web site�s ip address into
the Solaris/Mozilla browser. So it appears that I
haven�t been successful at pointing the Solaris x86
at a DNS server to resolve the DNS name.You can either copy nsswitch.dns to nsswitch.conf, or you can modify nsswitch.conf so that 'dns' is used for hostname lookups.
2. I've purchased a commercially available software
package and it requires a static ip address for this
Solaris x86 server. If the ip address changes, it�ll
stop working by design and require that I reacquire
the license file. When connecting through this
Netgear router, how do I lock this Solaris v10 x86
server into a specific ip address? (the ip address
floats presently when cycling my PC�s on/off)
presently, and assume the Solaris box will too,
usually through an ip range of 192.168.1.<1 through
5>One method is setting the router so that the server's MAC address is tied to a specific IP.
Otherwise you can edit /etc/hostname.<interface> and place a static address there, forgoing DHCP services from the router. You may want the address to appear outside the router's DHCP range.
Darren

Could not mount USB drive on Solaris 10 x86 system

Hi All,
I am having difficulty mounting a USB drive on Solaris 10 x86 system with the following different unsuccessful attempts:
# uname -a
SunOS venus 5.10 Generic_139556-08 i86pc i386 i86pc
# rmformat
Looking for devices...
     1. Volmgt Node: /vol/dev/aliases/cdrom0
        Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@4/ide@0/sd@0,0
        Connected Device: TEAC     DV-28E-V         1.AC
        Device Type: DVD Reader
     2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci108e,534b@2,1/storage@9/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: WD       My Book 1140     1007
        Device Type: Removable
     3. Volmgt Node: /vol/dev/aliases/rmdisk0
        Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci108e,534b@2,1/storage@9/disk@0,0
        Connected Device: WD       My Book 1140     1007
        Device Type: Removable
# svcs volfs
STATE STIME    FMRI
online Apr_13   svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default# ls -lt /mnt
total 0
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt
mount: I/O error
# mount -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt
mount: Block device required
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0s2:c /mnt
mount: I/O error
# mount -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2:c /mnt
mount: Block device required
# fsck /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0: I/O error
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0: I/O error
# fsck /dev/dsk/c4t0d0s2
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2: I/O error
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2
Can't open /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s2: I/O errorSecond try,
# svcadm disable volfs
# svcs volfs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       20:47:00 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt
mount: I/O errorLast try,
# mkdir /rmdisk
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/rmdisk"; File exists
# ls -lt /rmdisk
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct 1 2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30 2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# cd /rmdisk
# ls -lt
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct 1 2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30 2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# ls -lt unnamed_rmdisk
total 0
# ls -lt rmdisk0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct 1 2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
# df -h
Filesystem             size   used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /
/devices                 0K     0K     0K     0%    /devices
ctfs                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/contract
proc                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /proc
mnttab                   0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/mnttab
swap                   5.9G   984K   5.9G     1%    /etc/svc/volatile
objfs                    0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/object
sharefs                  0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/dfs/sharetab
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap2.so.1
                       5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /lib/libc.so.1
fd                       0K     0K     0K     0%    /dev/fd
swap                   5.9G   148K   5.9G     1%    /tmp
swap                   5.9G    32K   5.9G     1%    /var/run
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7      129G   1.7G   126G     2%    /export/home
# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
# svcs volfs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       21:02:31 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# pwd
/rmdisk
# cd /
# ls -lt /rmdisk
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct 1 2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30 2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# /etc/init.d/volmgt st
# svcs volfs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       21:02:31 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# /etc/init.d/volmgt start
volume management starting.
# svcs volfs
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         21:04:44 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# svcs volfs
# mount | grep rmdisk
# pwd
# ls -lt /rmdisk
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct 1 2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30 2009 unnamed_rmdisk
# ls -lt /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk
total 0
# iostat -En
c0t0d0           Soft Errors: 3 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: TEAC     Product: DV-28E-V         Revision: 1.AC Serial No:
Size: 0.00GB <0 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 3 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c1t0d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: HITACHI Product: HUS1514SBSUN146G Revision: SA04 Serial No: 0921B2Y3PC
Size: 146.81GB <146810535936 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c1t1d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: HITACHI Product: HUS1514SBSUN146G Revision: SA04 Serial No: 0921B2Z5NC
Size: 146.81GB <146810535936 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c4t0d0           Soft Errors: 21 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: WD       Product: My Book 1140     Revision: 1007 Serial No:
Size: 2000.37GB <2000365289472 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 21 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
#This is a working production system with 2 146.81GB mirrored hard disks. There is no disk error for either local or external 2TB Western Digital USB disks that works on Windows 7 or XP.
Any idea on what else to look for?
Thanks in advance,
Jack
Edited by: 797805 on 6/06/2012 04:48

Hi All,
Looks like it was a driver / incompatibility / unsupported issue since 2 other much smaller USB keys (Lexar USB Flash Drive – 32GB, SanDisk Cruzer Colors – 4GB) were successfully mounted automatically by volfs service as follows:
# df -h
Filesystem             size   used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7      129G   1.7G   126G     2%    /export/home
/vol/dev/dsk/c3t0d0/unnamed_rmdisk#1:c   3.7G   2.4G   1.3G    65%    /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk#1
/vol/dev/dsk/c2t0d0/unnamed_rmdisk:c    29G    96K    29G     1%    /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdiskIt also appears that the Device status of Not Ready from “iostat –En” below may not be correct either since both smaller drives are working fine:
# iostat -En
c4t0d0           Soft Errors: 23 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: WD       Product: My Book 1140     Revision: 1007 Serial No:
Size: 2000.37GB <2000365289472 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 23 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c2t0d0           Soft Errors: 7 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: Lexar    Product: USB Flash Drive Revision: 1100 Serial No:
Size: 31.41GB <31406948352 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 7 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
c3t0d0           Soft Errors: 60 Hard Errors: 8 Transport Errors: 0
Vendor: SanDisk Product: Cruzer Colors+   Revision: 8.02 Serial No:
Size: 4.02GB <4022337024 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 8 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0In other word, the same question remains on whether it is possible to install a driver to overcome this issue and where to such driver?
It is necessary to install additional driver that came with the disk on Windows XP platform. However,
Thanks again,
Jack

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