[caiman-discuss] An error installing OS2008

[Damian Wojslaw]

jan damborsky pisze:
> Hi Damian,
> 
> it seems you might be hitting some of the following issues:
> 
> [1] 6690194 fdisk(1M) doesn't clear VTOC when partition starts after or 
> exceeds 4GB limit
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/#6690194
> 
> [2] 3397 Installation of OpenSolaris 2008.  11 development version based 
> on SNV 96,  97 fails because of not finding a file
> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=3397

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Yes, it seems I was hit by the Linux swap being picked up instead of 
Solaris2 partition. My fault for not reading release notes to the end. 
It is, however, confusing as hell to potential Linux -> OpenSolaris 
converts. They are more then sure to have a swap partition and they 
probably never had hit such criptic error during installation. If I may 
suggest anything, it may help to put a notice in partitioner window, if 
Linux partitions are found, with short info and a link to release notes.


Regards

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