Bugs You Need to Know About Before Installing Solaris 9 4/03 Software

x86: suninstall Exits When Choosing to Save Service Partition and Create Solaris Partition (4832216)

If you use the suninstall installation program to install the Solaris 9 4/03 (x86 Platform Edition) operating environment on a system with an existing service partition, the installation program might exit. This problem occurs under the following conditions:

• You use the suninstall program to install the Solaris 9 4/03 operating environment.

• During the installation, you choose to lay out a disk with an existing service partition, but no Solaris fdisk partition.

• On the Create Solaris fdisk Partition panel, you choose the Save service partition, create Solaris fdisk partition option.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• To manually create a Solaris fdisk partition during the suninstall program, follow these steps:

  1. When the suninstall installation program asks you to choose a method to create the Solaris fdisk partition, choose the Manually create fdisk partitions option.

  2. Preserve the service partition and create the Solaris fdisk partition.

  3. Complete the installation.

• To manually create a Solaris fdisk partition by using the fdisk command, follow these steps:

  1. Exit from the suninstall installation program by pressing the F5 function key.

  2. Open a terminal window.

     See the fdisk(1M) man page for more information on creating fdisk partitions.

  3. Restart the suninstall installation program by typing the following command:

     # suninstall

  4. Complete the installation.

x86: Installations Might Fail on Systems With 3Com 3c905C Network Interface Cards (4791458)

If you perform a network installation on a system with a 3Com 3c905C network interface card, the following error message might be displayed:

elxl%d: no active connection found; please connect

After this error message is displayed, the installation might continue, or the installation might hang.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• Use a different network interface to perform the network installation.

• Use the Solaris 9 4/03 DVD or CD media to install the system.

For more information on how to perform an installation from the network, see the Solaris 9 Installation Guide.

x86: PXE Network Boot Does Not Execute Successfully on Sun LX50 Systems (4725108)

If you use the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) network boot to install the Solaris 9 4/03 operating environment on a Sun^TM LX50 system, the network boot might fail. The following message is displayed:

error: Assertion failure: - "rp->flags & RESF_ALT", "ur.c" line 80

The root filesystem is not mounted and the configuration assistant
has exited prematurely. Booting is unlikely to succeed. 
CTL-ALT-DEL may be used to reset the machine.

Failover to boot interpreter - type ctrl-d to resume boot

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• If you do not need to use PXE network boot, follow these steps.

  1. Boot the system by using one of the following media.

     • Solaris 9 4/03 Installation CD

     • Solaris 9 4/03 Software 1 of 2 CD

     • Solaris Device Configuration Assistant (DCA) on a boot diskette

       See the Solaris 9 Installation Guide for more information on booting from the Solaris DCA.

  2. When the DCA prompts you to choose a network device, select the appropriate network device to use to boot the system.

• If you want to use PXE network boot, disable the serial console in the system's BIOS during the installation. For instructions on how to modify the BIOS on Sun LX50 systems, see the Sun LX50 Server Manual at http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/lx50/documentation2.html.

Boot From Solaris DVD Fails on Systems With Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM (4467424)

If your system has a Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM drive with firmware revision 1007, the system cannot boot from the Solaris 9 4/03 DVD.

Workaround: Apply patch 111649–03, or later version, to update the Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM drive's firmware. Patch 111649–03 is included on the Solaris 9 4/03 Supplement CD in the following directory.

DVD_Firmware/Patches

See the README file in this directory for instructions on how to install the patch. Be sure to read and follow all the cautions and warnings in this README file before you install the patch.

Cannot Access Data on Solaris 9 4/03 DVD in Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 Operating Environments (4511090)

If your system is running the Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 7 operating environment, Volume Management incorrectly mounts the Solaris 9 4/03 DVD. The DVD can be mounted, but the data is inaccessible. As a result, you cannot set up an install server, perform a Live Upgrade, or access any data on the media.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• Apply the patches appropriate for your system.

  Table 1–1 DVD Patches for the Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 Operating Environments

  Release	Patch ID
  Solaris 2.6 operating environment	107618-03
  Solaris 7 operating environment	107259-03
  Solaris 2.6 operating environment	107619-03
  Solaris 7 operating environment	107260-03

• Manually mount the Solaris 9 4/03 DVD. Do not use Volume Management to mount the DVD. Follow these steps.

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Stop Volume Management.

     # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop

  3. Manually mount the DVD.

     # mkdir /mnt1 # mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /mnt1

  4. Verify that the DVD is mounted and the data is accessible.

     # cd /mnt1 # ls

     The system returns the following information if the DVD is correctly mounted.

     Copyright Solaris_9