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# 1  
Old 01-22-2010
SunBlade 1000, 'blocked' when trying to install Solaris 10
HW: SunBlade 1000 w/2x CPUs, DVD-ROM, XVR-1200
SW: Solaris 10 DVDs direct from Sun

Tried: probing scsi, boot -r, reset-all

When booting off cd: boot cdrom
Code:
Boot device: /pci@8, 700000/scsi/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f  File and args:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_141444-09 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
WARNING: pcisch0: ino 0xc blocked

and, it just hangs here.

A quick google, shows a bug that was patched already: Bug ID: 4415813 pcic fails to claim some of its interruptsAny thoughts on how I can get Solaris 10 installed?

Thank you! Smilie
# 2  
Old 01-23-2010
the error should not be in solaris 10 anymore... but the workaround is the following line in /etc/system and in this case the /etc/system in the solaris miniroot file:

Code:
set pcisch:pci_unclaimed_intr_max=0xffff

to set this you have to build a install server and chane the miniroot or build your own DVD with the changes to the miniroot.

you need this commands to unpack the miniroot and later pack it again:

Code:
/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive  unpack  archive root

/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive pack minirootfiles miniroot.new

don't know if this works... but you might want to try...

hth,
DN2
# 3  
Old 01-23-2010
DN2,
Thanks for the tip, I may try that shortly.

In the mean-time, I reset-all, and probe-scsi-all, rebooted.

I was able to boot to disk and get to a shell.

I added the line you mentioned and from the bug report to /etc/system and tried to install Solaris 10 again off the DVDs. Unfortunately, same stupid ino 0xc blocked message. I understand it is probably reading the one from the disk and not on the machine, but I wanted to verify for sanity.

Interestingly, I cannot boot openSolaris, or Aurora Linux. I get can't read label and magic number errors.
# 4  
Old 01-23-2010
the miniroot is on the DVD and this one needs to be patched... or the miniroot on the installserver...
# 5  
Old 01-23-2010
DN2, Thanks again for your reply. Popped the DVD out, put it in a system that I have a dvd writer on after re-pack. Looking at the contents, there is a /boot with two files in it hsfs.bootblock and sparc.miniroot. The directory you specify doesn't exist. I also looked at the CD image from the website and there is also a /boot, but with a boot_archive file and a /boot/solaris/bin with create_ramdisk and extract_boot_filelist which appear as small scripts. Also, 'unpack' is a command I am not aware of. Any thoughts? Thanks mate!
# 6  
Old 01-23-2010
sparc.miniroot ist the archive you need... there should be the /etc/system file inside that archive.
# 7  
Old 01-23-2010
DN2,
Thanks again.

Looks like 'root_archive' with the 'unpack' utility is only on installed SPARC systems which I don't have, not accessible any other way. :-(

So, I am following a guide here to update miniroot: how to unpack sparc.miniroot? - Database Forum

Can't find any apps that will open an uncompressed UFS iso. Weird, tried a bunch of linux utils, mac utils and x86 utils and nothing likes it.

Wish this were a beat easier. But, I guess this is my welcome to Solaris 10 gift basket. :-)

---------- Post updated at 07:48 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:02 PM ----------

Still no luck!
Mounted the DVD on a Solaris system (downloaded the VBOX image from Sun).

So, now when I run:
Code:
/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpack /temp/images/sparc.miniroot.old editablemini.miniroot.old

gzcat: /temp/images/sparc.miniroot.old: not in gzip format
getdisk/read: Inappropriate ioctl for device
/dev/lofi/2: Error 0
/dev/rlofi/2: No such device or address
Unknown_fstyp (no matches)
invalid root archive

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