On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Ciaran Johnston wrote:
> I went with grub, and a reinstall of Solaris. It got a good bit
> further this time, but the second part of the install (after the
> first reboot) core dumped. I rebooted and got a command prompt, and
> then located the script for the second part of the install. It runs
> a java app, and running the script again caused a core dump. So did
> running "java -version". Wierd.
Indeed.. Can you confirm this is Solaris 10? (ie Solaris 10 'GA' -
the actual S10 release, not an earlier development build of Solaris
10 obtained via the 'Solaris Express' programme - a uname at a
command prompt (if even just the installer) should say s10_74s2.)
> I did create the partitions with the Solaris install. I wonder if
> the disk could be at fault - it's an old disk I pulled off the
> shelf for the purpose, and it could be losing it's way.
It's possible I guess. FWIW, S10 has been quite solid here, since at
least s10_49. You might possibly have dodgy RAM rather than a bad
disk.
> There were no noticeable problems with the first part of the
> install though, the install log showed no problems ... but I am
> getting different errors each time I reinstall, so far.
Odd.
> I'll probably clear out some space on one of the other drives and
> retry - I'm keen to get a look at Solaris 10.
> Nope, your memory is correct. So, for that matter, can lilo as far
> as I can tell. Not so sure about a plain Solaris partition though -
> it didn't work for me.
You can't boot the Solaris partition. Least not for Solaris 10
GA/s10_74s2.
This is going to change soonish (at least it /has/ changed in Solaris
'Nevada', ie the internal dev builds, and will be available via the
Solaris Express programme at some stage soonish) - The default
bootloader has become grub on x86 and the Solaris kernel multiboot
conformant (iiuc), so you'll just have GRUB pull in the kernel any
required modules off a UFS partition directly. No more icky and
slightly odd x86 real-mode boot.
(And I'm allowed to say this, cause Casper Dik has already blogged
about it ;) ).
> Solaris did overwrite the MBR - but only on /dev/hdd - not
> /dev/hda. So I was able to boot directly off /dev/hda via the bios,
> and chainload /dev/hdd1 via grub.
Ah, so it /does/ have an option to install the boot block somewhere
other than MBR, excellent. AFAIK you dont even need that - even if
you install the Solaris x86 bootblock onto the MBR and overwrite it
with the GRUB stage1 you can still have GRUB chainload the x86 boot
partition - I /think/.
regards,
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