Stat() call broken on Solaris 8 x86

Greetings all...
The stat() function call is broken! Basically what happens is that it does not return when checking for non existant files in the automount directories (/home, /net, /xfn).
Sample code snippet:
stat("/home/nonexistantfile", NULL);
The above should return -1, and works fine on Solaris 8 on SPARC hardware. Problem is it does not return on x86 hardware, it just hangs right there! I'm using the 04/01 release and the gcc 2.95.3 compiler. A search in the forums does not return anything so I'm assuming it's a new bug. What's the bounty for finding a fresh one? :)
Brian

Tried that....the card was recognized...tried changing the values of the SCSI advanced setting during bootup (CTRL A)...but no avail.
Please advice n thanks.

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I've installed Solaris 10 x86 3/05 onto DL380 #1, and created a 3GB servername.flar Flash Archive of that system.
I've moved that .flar file to a local web server. I can bring it up in any host's browser on the local subnet, and am able to download the .flar file.
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

Boot from second hard drive with ZFS in Solaris 10 x86

Hi,
The usual menu.lst to boot Solaris10 x86 with a boot environment that contains a ZFS boot loader is this one
title Solaris 10 5/08 s10x_nbu6wos_nightly X86
findroot (pool_rpool,0,a)
kernel$ /platform/i86pc/multiboot -B $ZFS-BOOTFS
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
title Solaris failsafe
findroot (pool_rpool,0,a)
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -s    -B console=ttyb
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safeI understand that to add an alternate boot disk, I have to play with installgrub and then attach it in the pool.
But my question is : Is there a way to boot from my alternate hard disk by adding a new entry in menu.lst or is the only
way is to modify the BIOS parameter?
Thanks for your help,
Groucho_fr

Groucho_fr wrote:
Thanks for your answer Alan,
But ok, I imagineI can add a grub entry. But what I want to know is what is the exact way to boot from an alternate hard disk on Solaris 10u6
x86.AFAIK there are only two ways to do this. Select the disks via BIOS which becomes a royal PITA in a short amount of time or play with a boot manager such as GRUB until you get the syntax right.
Personally I put all OS's on the primary disks if possible to avoid these situations and if I have others to play with then you can easily mount them in or set them up as D: drive etc...
The only exception would be in an enterprise setting where you need to do things such as mirroring but then again in those situations it's only one OS per machine anyways so it's much easier.
So at the end, I am not sure what I have to configure and what is the procedure to boot from my alternate boot diskTry the grub homepage for the grub manual and hopefully for a mailing list or try a search engine.
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/zfsboot-1?a=view
has an example to follow of using -B.
And moreover, the installgrub does not working for me :
root@mac1 # zpool status
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: resilver completed after 0h2m with 0 errors on Thu Mar 26 10:56:24 2009
config:
NAME          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool         ONLINE       0     0     0
mirror      ONLINE       0     0     0
c5t0d0s0 ONLINE       0     0     0
c5t4d0s0 ONLINE       0     0     0
errors: No known data errors
root@mac1 # installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c5t4d0s0
cannot open/stat device /dev/rdsk/c5t4d0s2
You shouldn't need to do an installgrub if you installed Solaris. Try c5t4d0s0 not s2.
alan

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

Is there a native virtual machine 0n Solaris 10 x86?

Is there a native virtual machine 0n Solaris 10 x86? What is it called, if so?
Message was edited by:
JasAdams

Whats do you mean by a native virtual machine?
Java is implemented by a virtual machine. The command to invoke it is called "java".
A virtual machine is by definition a system to implement a virtual copy of one architecture on another. Which virtual architecture are you interested in finding an implementation of?

Sun one 7 update 3 + solaris 8 -x86 setup crashes..!

Hi
I'm having a wierd problem setting up sun one app server update 3 on solaris 8 x86 platform.
The issue is that when i try running the setup it crashes
======================================
./setup -console
ld.so.1: ./setup: fatal: libCstd.so.1: open failed: No such file or Directory
Killed
======================================
I guess the app server is not fiding some shared object.. so i edited /etc/default/init and added
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib.. but no luck ! I could not find any patch @ sunsolve that addresses this issue ...
The app server was supposed to be for solaris 9-x86. Is it causing the problem ? is there any workaround for this ?
Also does any one know how to remove all the windowing packages from a solaris machine ? I want the machie to be a server with no GUI stuff on it ..

Try collecting and looking into the sequence of all system calls taking place during setup execution with truss:
# truss -o truss.out -feald ./setup -console
There is a good chance that you might notice the reason why the ld is failing on trying to load the libCstd.so.

8-way SMP with Solaris 8 x86

We're pondering the purchase of two 8CPU Intel boxes to run Oracle Parallel server. Since Oracle Parallel Server has not been ported to Linux, we'll need to run Solaris x86.
Now, my question: Does Solaris 8 x86 support 8 CPUs? I called Sun and was told no and e-mailed them and was told yes. So, I got two different answers. Can anyone point me to a definative answer?
Thanks,
Mike

Mike, Oracle Parallel server is not supported on Intel Solaris. ;-) check with Oracle (this should be true for 8.1.6 and maybe also 8.1.5). I do not believe you want to turn to Oracle7 in these modern days...

Networking changes between Solaris 10 x86 10/08 (u6) and previous versions?

Solaris Community:
We have a J2SE CORBA-based application (that uses the default Sun ORB) that has run without problems on Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on both SPARC and, more recently, X86 platforms. Upgrading our client side machine (X4100 M2 Opteron platform) from Solaris 10 x86 5/08 (u5) to Solaris 10 x86 10/08 (u6) has resulted in threading or socket contention issues that we have not experienced previously. Using Live Upgrade, we can quickly go back to the u5 install on the client machine .... and the problems go away .... going back to u6, however, and the problems begin to show almost immediately. Our Java code base is identical as is the version of the JDK (1.5.0_16), so it would appear that there must be an underlying change to socket, networking, or threading behavior between these two versions of Solaris.
Thus far, I've not been unable to find details of changes either in the networking support or the threading model that might explain this .... or course, I don't have great expertise in these areas.
I've tried to use 'ndd /dev/tcp SOME_PARAMETER' for all of the /dev/tcp parameters returned by 'ndd /dev/tcp \?' to try to see if there are underlying changes in the /dev/tcp parameters .... but have not found any differences between Solaris 10 u5 and u6.
Can anyone point me to resources that would discuss changes between Solaris 10 u5 or u6 that might explain the problems that we've encountered? Or, alternatively, other system parameters that I could check that might explain changes in either TCP socket or threading behavior?
Thanks for your input,
John

I have a vague memory of someone reporting something similar which turned out to be due to a solaris feature called tcp_fusion.
To check whether thats your problem or not try the following.
Add following line in the /etc/system file.
set ip:do_tcp_fusion = 0
Once the /etc/system file is updated, it will be necessary to restart the system before the workaround will take effect.

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