[ug-bosug] Problem in solaris installation

[Ananth Shrinivas]

krithika manian wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I tried installing solaris in a comp and it stopped at the point where
> the "Networking  Utilities - UUCP " were getting installed , it didnot
> proceed after that,
> I tried installing using other DVDs of other builds also.But the same
> happened. What could be the problem ? Can somebody help me with this..
>   

You mean it stopped at the exact same point - where it was installing 
UUCP in *ALL* your attempts ? I can't recall any known issue.

Take a look at the last few lines of the dmesg output and see if the 
kernel has something interesting to say.

Another thing worth doing is to use the proc tools and figure out whats 
stuck: Open a new terminal. Run a ptree command - see if there is a 
pkgadd command running. Run truss on the pid and figure out what it is 
doing. If its doing a waitpid(), follow its child and keep doing this 
until you see a thread which seems to be blocked. That might be able to 
give us some more clues about what is happening.

Maybe a bug or just a media issue - but investigate and provide us a 
little more detail.

Cheers,
Ananth