[indiana-discuss] Blocker bug in 2008.11 RC1b - grub not installed correctly

[Matthias Pfützner - Principal Field Technologist - Datacenter Ambassador - Solution Architect]

You (Andrew Pattison) write:
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Matthias Pfützner - Principal Field
> Technologist - Datacenter Ambassador - Solution Architect <
> Matthias.Pfuetzner at sun.com> wrote:
> 
> > But only if you install into a FDISK partition (that possibly already did
> > contain some earlier version of Solaris).
> >
> 
> >
> > Doing an install to the WHOLE DISK does not have the problem (as we just
> > learned backstage at CEC...)
> 
> 
> Yes it does. I did an initial install to a blank virtual disk under VMware
> Workstation and grub was not installed properly - with "whole disk" selected
> in the installer.

OK, then that is a "on/off" bug...

We got OpenSolaris 2008.11 build101a RC1b installed that way onto two Ultra
20's.

The disks did have ubuntu, Solaris10 and Windows on it, and first we tried to
install RC1b into the Solaris fdisk partition (replacing the existing
S10). That failed to install the grub. We could boot. Grub only delivered the
"grub> " prompt..

Then we did try some different things in getting grub onto it, but failed also.

As last resort, we then installed to the whole disk, erasing ubuntu and
windows and then we were able to boot... Don't know, if that now picks up the
"old grub" from Solaris 10, but at least, we now could boot the
system... Thjat was all we needed, so we didn't investigate any further...

> >
> >
> > And: Once installed, during booting, the "image" seems blurred (red
> > vertical
> > lines in the lower part, below the section, where the moving slider to show
> > the progress is located)
> 
> 
> I've not seen that problem. That sounds like a separate bug in the
> "happyface" boot progress graphics.

Might be, we also only see that in booting from the disk, not from the DVD...

> >
> >
> > And we don't know yet, if this is an Java FX bug or an OpenSolaris bug:
> > JavaFX
> > doesn't take INPUT on that RC candidate in 64 bit, we needed to boot in 32
> > bit
> > in order to get INPUT through an JavaFX app...
> 
> 
> I thought the installer was written in C++ ?#

We assume, it's a bug in JavaFX... Installing JavaFX went without problem, but
then running the app didn't deliver keytrokes to the app (in 64bit!). In 32bit
it did work, so we needed to add that to /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst by hand...

Cheers
        Matthias

> Cheers
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >        Matthias
> >
> > You (andrew) write:
> > > I'm still seeing the RC of 2008.11 not installing grub, with the result
> > that the system is unbootable folowing installation. This surely rules out
> > the current RC as a real release candidate?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Andrew.
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> Andrew Pattison
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Matthias Pfützner
Principal Field Technologist & Datacenter Ambassador
Solution Architect Virtualisation, High Availability
Systems Practice                      Tel: +49 6103 752-394 (x65394)
Sun Microsystems GmbH                 Mobile: +49 172 8428766
Ampèrestraße 6                        Fax: +49 6103 752-167
63225 Langen                          mailto:Matthias.Pfuetzner at Sun.COM
Germany                               http://blogs.sun.com/pfuetz
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Sitz der Gesellschaft:
Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten
Amtsgericht München: HRB 161028
Geschäftsführer: Thomas Schröder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Bömer
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Häring