[indiana-discuss] Install opensolaris snv_91 instead of snv_93?

[Rob Terhaar]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:25 PM, sanjay nadkarni (Laptop)
<Sanjay.Nadkarni at sun.com> wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello! thanks for the reply :)
>>> The inclusion of the new meta package "entire"
>>> definiately makes the process easier, but i'm still
>>> not able to boot into the newly created BE. Here are
>>> my steps:
>>>
>>> # pkg refresh
>>> # pkg install SUNWipkg at 0.5.11-0.86
>>> # pkg install entire at 0.5.11-0.86
>>> # beadm create opensolaris-1
>>> # beadm mount opensolaris-1 /mnt/91
>>> # pkg -R /mnt/91 install pkg:/entire at 0.5.11-0.91
>>> # /mnt/91/boot/solaris/bin/update_grub -R /mnt/91
>>> # beadm unmount opensolaris-1
>>> # beadm activate opensolaris-1
>>> # reboot
>>>
>>> when grub loads, there are three entries in the grub
>>> menu: snv_86, opensolaris-1 (the default), and snv_91
>>> (2008.11)
>>>
>>> When opensolaris-1 loads, i get this error message:
>>>
>>>
>>> Krtld: bind_primary(): no relocation information
>>> found for module /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix
>>> Krtld: error during inital load/link phase
>>>
>>> Krtld could not locate nor resolve symbols for:
>>> /platform/i36pc/kernel/amd64/unix
>>> In the boot archive.
>>>
>>>
>>> not sure how to troubleshoot from here? any ideas?
>>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any advice on how to troubleshoot this problem further?
>> I'm not sure why the updated system refuses to boot...
>>
>
> If it's happening this early, it is possible that your root_archive is
> corrupted.  If you could boot off the other BE you could try and update the
> root_archive.   To do  this mount (beadm mount) opensolaris-1 and then run
> /sbin/bootadm update-archive -R <mount point>  and see if that helps.
>
> -Sanjay
>

that fixed it! I'm now booting into snv_91
thanks Sanjay!