Installation Bugs That Occur During an Interactive Installation From Solaris 8 1 of 2 CD

sysidnet Cannot Autodetect Default Router (4384377)

When you install the Solaris 8 4/01 operating environment the system cannot autodetect the default router (gateway) if:

• The bootparams server on the local subnet does not have a bootparams entry

  Or

• There is no bootparams server on the local subnet

Hosts on the local subnet are accessible, but configuration of any services outside of the local subnet will fail. An error message is displayed indicating that the host is not accessible or could not be found.

The problem commonly occurs when booting from a CD.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• If you have a bootparams server on the local subnet:

  1. Add a bootparams entry to the server.

  2. Type the following command in a terminal window.

     # /sbin/hostconfig/ -p bootparams

• If you do not have a bootparams server, type the following command in a terminal window.

  #/sbin/in.rdisc -s

If you install with the command line interface (CLI), you must first exit the installation program, run one of the previous commands, then restart the installation program.

Installation Progress Bar May Be Inaccurate (1266156)

The Installing Solaris Software - Progress bar sometimes indicates that an installation is complete when it is still in progress. The installation program may add packages for several minutes after the progress bar has indicated that the installation is complete.

Do not rely on the progress bar to indicate that the installation is complete. The installation displays the following message when the program has completed all installation operations.

Installation complete 

Warnings May Occur When a File System Is Created (4189127)

One of the following warning messages may be displayed when a file system is created during installation.

Warning: inode blocks/cyl group (87) >= data blocks (63) in last cylinder group. This implies 1008 sector(s) cannot be allocated.  

Warning: 1 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated  

Workaround: Ignore the warning message.

Custom JumpStart Does Not Prompt for the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD (4304912)

After installing the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD, a custom JumpStart^TM installation does not prompt you to install the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:

• If you are installing only the End User software group, you do not need to install the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD because the End User software and its basic locale support are on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD.

• If you are installing the Entire Distribution plus OEM, Entire Distribution, or Developer software, and are using a custom JumpStart installation from a server, use a network install server that contains the Solaris 8 1 of 2, 2 of 2, and Languages CDs. See “Creating a Profile Server” in Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide.

• If you are installing the Entire Distribution plus OEM, Entire Distribution, or Developer software and are using a custom JumpStart installation from a diskette, follow these steps to install the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 and Languages CDs:

  1. After the custom JumpStart completes the installation of the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD, reboot the system.

  2. Log in to the system.

  3. Insert the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD.

  4. Execute the installer command and follow the instructions on the screen to install the remaining software.

  5. Insert the Solaris 8 Languages CD.

  6. Execute the installer command and follow the instructions on the screen to install any languages.