This chapter describes problems relating to the installation of the Solaris 7 3/99 software environment.
The information in this chapter supersedes any information listed in the installation_bugs file that is part of the SUNWrdm package on the Solaris 7 3/99 CD. If you boot from the Solaris 7 3/99 CD, the installation_bugs file is located in the directory:
/cdrom/sol_7_399_x86/s2/Solaris_2.7/Docs/release_info/C
The default installed location for the installation_bugs file is located in the directory:
/usr/share/release_info/Solaris_2.7/C
The name of this product is Solaris 7 3/99 but code and path or package path names may use Solaris 2.7 or SunOS 5.7. Always follow the code or path as it is written.
This section only describes known installation bugs that may occur when using Solaris Web Start, the browser-based program that enables you to install both the Solaris software and copackaged software.
You can choose a system disk in Solaris Web Start but you cannot move the root file system off the system disk afterwards.
Workaround: If you need to do this, use the Solaris Interactive Installation program instead of Solaris Web Start.
Solaris Web Start reserves disk space based on the total requirements of all the products that you install. If you check disk space allocation after installing but before using the products, you may find a substantial amount of apparently unused space. Some of this space may be taken up when you run the software; some of it may remain unused.
Workaround: If you want to allocate less total disk space than Solaris Web Start requires, use the Solaris Interactive Installation program instead.
If a manual file system layout is used in Solaris Web Start, an error message may display after the start of an installation because too much space has been allocated in the root (/) file system.
Workaround: Restart Solaris Web Start and use the Automatic File System Layout.
The Solaris 7 as well as the Solaris 2.6 operating environments default to a login screen when you initially boot your workstation, regardless of which desktop you are using. You can select your desktop from the login screen. The login screen requires the user's name and password. Your desktop is displayed upon authentication of your login name and password. For more information about the login screen, see the dtlogin man page (provided with the Solaris Common Desktop Environment (CDE) man pages) or the Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide.
A system administrator who is new to CDE needs to know about CDE's graphical login program, dtlogin. Review the dtconfig man pages.
The following message may be displayed:
The Solaris operating environment on slice c0t0d0s0 cannot be upgraded.A file system listed in the file system table (vfstab) could not be mounted. |
The installation software may interpret inodes that are stored on striped DiskSuiteTM meta devices for root inodes and attempt to mount the meta devices as upgradable slices. When this problem occurs, the mounts fail and the installation aborts.
Warning: mod_install: MT-unsafe driver 'tnatp' rejected panic[cpu0] / thread=7051e040:mutex-enter:bad_mutex lp=1046aa20 owner=7051e040 thread=7051e040 |
An upgrade to TotalNET Advanced Server (SunLinkTM) version 5.2 is required with the Solaris 7 operating environment because of a driver conflict. Version 5.0 and version 5.1 for the TotalNET Advanced Server cause the Solaris 7 operating environment to not boot correctly.
Workaround: Before you install the Solaris 7 operating environment, you must upgrade all installations to version 5.2 for the TotalNET Advanced Server, which is available on the Solaris Easy Access Server 2.0 CD. Follow the instructions provided to upgrade existing TotalNET Advanced Server installations.
Be sure to read bug description ID 4121281 before you start upgrading your x86 based system to the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment.
If you are running DiskSuiteTM and upgrading to Solaris 7, you must also upgrade to DiskSuite 4.2. The DiskSuite 4.2 distribution includes a script called metacvt that automates removal and replacement of the metadb replicas. You can use that script to change the SCSI driver name stored in the replicas from cmdk to sd when you upgrade to Solaris 7 and DiskSuite 4.2.
Workaround: To avoid potential data loss during upgrades to the Solaris 7 operating environment, you must save the system's meta device configurations in text files and remove their metadb replicas before upgrading any x86 based system that is running DiskSuite. After you finish upgrading your x86 based system, you must restore the meta device configurations by using the DiskSuite command line interface.
The DiskSuite Version 4.2 Release Notes contain a procedure for saving metadb configurations, removing metadb replicas, upgrading x86 based systems to the Solaris 7 operating environment, upgrading DiskSuite to version 4.2, and restoring meta device configurations. Bourne shell scripts that automate the procedure are available for the Solaris 7 operating environment.
This appears as an attempt to install the same architecture and version of a package that is already installed. This installation overwrites this package.
When upgrading a system with the Entire Distribution plus OEM Cluster, the following packages seem to be added twice:
SUNWolinc
SUNWxwdim
SUNWxwinc
SUNWxwman
SUNWxwpmn
SUNWxwsrc
SUNWolbk
SUNWoldim
SUNWolman
SUNWolsrc
The "Installing Solaris Software - Progress" bar sometimes indicates that an installation is complete when it is still in progress. The install 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 |
JumpStart does not install the default boot on the current default boot disk under some conditions. A condition under which the problem has been observed involves using a fully automated install on a SPARCstationTM 5 with two hard disk drives. Therefore, the previous version of the Solaris operating environment is booted instead of the current one when you reboot.
Workaround: Install the Solaris operating environment without JumpStart.
When you upgrade the Solaris operating environment on a server with diskless clients, the options on the dfstab line are not preserved for /usr. For example, if you entered the following in the dfstab file:
share -F nfs -o rw /export/exec/Solaris_2.7_sparc.all/usr |
then this entry is automatically replaced with the following entry during the upgrade:
share -F nfs -o ro /export/exec/Solaris_2.7_sparc.all/usr |
Workaround: Before you attempt to upgrade the Solaris operating environment on an OS server that has a diskless client or Solstice AutoClient, back up the /etc/dfs/dfstab file for the clients.
Be sure to read bug description ID 4121281 mentioned in"Installation Bugs That Occur Before the Start of an Interactive Installation" earlier in this chapter as well as any other bug description listed in this section before you start upgrading your x86 based system to the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment. This problem may cause data loss.
After upgrading a server with diskless clients of more than one SPARC kernel architecture, such as a sun4u server with diskless sun4c, sun4d, and sun4m clients, the SUNWkvm packages for clients whose kernel architectures differ from that of the server cannot be patched.
Workaround: Manually add all of the SUNWkvm packages before applying any patches that affect them.
# pkgadd -d SUNWkvm.* |
The upgrade program can exaggerate by as much as 30 percent the amount of space required for upgrades to systems with the Solaris software. Therefore, it prevents many systems from being upgraded without deselecting packages or finding more space.
Workaround: You can manually reallocate disk space among file systems or use the Software Customization menu to remove software packages that are not needed.
After upgrading an x86 machine with the Etherlink XL Ethernet chip to the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment, the machine may lose network connectivity and display the following error message when booting:
configuring network interfaces: elxl0: No such device or address |
Workaround: Remove the following duplicate entries from the /etc/driver_aliases file:
elx "pci10b7,9000"elx "pci10b7,9050"
One of the following error messages may be displayed when creating a file system during installation:
Warning: inode blocks/cyl group (87) >= data blocks (63) in last cylinder group. This implies 1008 sector(s) cannot be allocated. |
Or:
Warning: 1 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated |
The warning occurs when the size of the file system being created does not map exactly to the space on the disk being used. This can result in unused space on the disk that is not incorporated into the indicated file system. This usnused space is not available for use by other file systems.
Workaround: Ignore the error message.
All locales are supported only in the Entire Distribution metacluster. Subsets of these locales are supported in the Developer, End User, and Core metaclusters.
If you select a locale at the beginning of the installation that is not supported by the metacluster that you choose to install later in the installation on the metacluster selection screen, the following occur:
Web Start installation of co-packaged products fails without installing the co-packaged products.
You cannot open terminal windows in CDE.
For Desktop editions of the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment, the Web Start installer installs the End User metacluster. For Server editions of the Solaris 7 3/99 operating environment, Web Start installs the Entire metacluster. You can change the defaults by selecting a Custom installation.
The following is the list of locales supported by each metacluster:
Table 2-1 EntireLanguage | Description |
---|---|
ar |
Egypt - English (ISO-8859-6) |
he |
Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) |
he_IL |
Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) |
th_TH |
Thailand - English (TIS 620.2533) |
bg_BG |
Bulgarian (ISO 8859-5) |
cz |
Czech Republic |
da |
Denmark |
da.ISO8859-15 |
Denmark (ISO8859-15) |
de |
German |
de.ISO8859-15 |
Euro German (ISO8859-15) |
de.UTF-8 |
German (UTF-8) |
de_AT |
Austria |
de_AT.ISO8859-15 |
Austria (ISO8859-15) |
de_CH |
Switzerland |
el |
Greece |
en_AU |
Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_CA |
Canada - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_EU.ISO8859-15 |
Euro English (ISO8859-15) |
en_EU.UTF-8 |
Euro English (UTF-8) |
en_GB |
GB - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_GB.ISO8859-15 |
GB - English (ISO-8859-15) |
en_IE |
Ireland - English (8 bit) |
en_IE.ISO8859-15 |
Ireland (ISO8859-15) |
en_NZ |
New Zealand - English (8 bit) |
en_US |
USA - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_US.UTF-8 |
USA - English (UTF-8) |
es |
Spanish |
es.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15) |
es.UTF-8 |
Spanish (UTF-8) |
es_AR |
Argentina |
es_BO |
Bolivia |
es_CL |
Chile |
es_CO |
Colombia |
es_CR |
Costa Rica |
es_EC |
Ecuador |
es_GT |
Guatemala |
es_MX |
Mexico |
es_NI |
Nicaragua |
es_PA |
Panama |
es_PE |
Peru |
es_PY |
Paraguay |
es_SV |
El Salvador |
es_UY |
Uruguay |
es_VE |
Venezuela |
et |
Estonia |
fi |
Finland |
fi.ISO8859-15 |
Finland (ISO8859-15) |
fr |
French |
fr.ISO8859-15 |
Euro French (ISO8859-15) |
fr.UTF-8 |
French (UTF-8) |
fr_BE |
Belgium |
fr_BE.ISO8859-15 |
Belgium (ISO8859-15) |
fr_CA |
Canada |
fr_CH |
Switzerland |
hr_HR |
Croatian (ISO 8859-2) |
hu |
Hungary |
it |
Italian |
it.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Italian (ISO8859-15) |
it.UTF-8 |
Euro Italion (UTF-8) |
lt |
Lithuania |
lv |
Latvia |
mk_MK |
Macedonian (ISO 8859-5) |
nl |
Netherlands |
nl.ISO8859-15 |
Netherlands (ISO8859-15) |
nl_BE |
Netherlands/Belgium |
nl_BE.ISO8859-15 |
Netherlands/Belgium (ISO8859-15) |
no |
Norway |
no_NY |
Nynorsk |
nr |
Bosnian (ISO 8859-2) |
pl |
Poland |
pt |
Portugal |
pt.ISO8859-15 |
Portugal (ISO8859-15) |
pt_BR |
Portugal/Brazil |
ro_RO |
Romanian (ISO 8859-2) |
ru |
Russia |
sk_SK |
Slovak (ISO 8859-2) |
sl_SI |
Slovene (ISO 8859-2) |
sq_AL |
Albanian (ISO 8859-2) |
sr_SP |
Serbian (ISO 8859-5) |
sv |
Swedish |
sv.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15) |
sv.UTF-8 |
Swedish (UTF-8) |
tr |
Turkey |
Table 2-2 Developer
Language | Description |
---|---|
th_TH |
Thailand - English (TIS 620.2533) |
da |
Denmark |
de |
German |
de.ISO8859-15 |
Euro German (ISO8859-15) |
el |
Greece |
en_AU |
Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_CA |
Canada - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_EU.ISO8859-15 |
Euro English (ISO8859-15) |
en_EU.UTF-8 |
Euro English (UTF-8) |
en_GB |
GB - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_GB.ISO8859-15 |
GB - English (ISO-8859-15) |
en_US |
USA - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_US.UTF-8 |
USA - English (UTF-8) |
es |
Spanish |
es.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15) |
es_AR |
Argentina |
es_BO |
Bolivia |
es_CL |
Chile |
es_CO |
Colombia |
es_CR |
Costa Rica |
es_EC |
Ecuador |
es_GT |
Guatemala |
es_MX |
Mexico |
es_NI |
Nicaragua |
es_PA |
Panama |
es_PE |
Peru |
es_PY |
Paraguay |
es_SV |
El Salvador |
es_UY |
Uruguay |
es_VE |
Venezuela |
fr |
French |
fr.ISO8859-15 |
Euro French (ISO8859-15) |
it |
Italian |
it.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Italian (ISO8859-15) |
sv |
Swedish |
sv.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15) |
tr |
Turkey |
Table 2-3 End User
Language | Description |
---|---|
da |
Denmark |
de |
German |
de.ISO8859-15 |
Euro German (ISO8859-15) |
el |
Greece |
en_AU |
Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_CA |
Canada - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_EU.ISO8859-15 |
Euro English (ISO8859-15) |
en_EU.UTF-8 |
Euro English (UTF-8) |
en_GB |
GB - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_GB.ISO8859-15 |
GB - English (ISO-8859-15) |
en_US |
USA - English (ISO-8859-1) |
es |
Spanish |
es.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15) |
es_AR |
Argentina |
es_BO |
Bolivia |
es_CL |
Chile |
es_CO |
Colombia |
es_CR |
Costa Rica |
es_EC |
Ecuador |
es_GT |
Guatemala |
es_MX |
Mexico |
es_NI |
Nicaragua |
es_PA |
Panama |
es_PE |
Peru |
es_PY |
Paraguay |
es_SV |
El Salvador |
es_UY |
Uruguay |
es_VE |
Venezuela |
fr |
French |
fr.ISO8859-15 |
Euro French (ISO8859-15) |
it |
Italian |
it.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Italian (ISO8859-15) |
sv |
Swedish |
sv.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15) |
tr |
Turkey |
Table 2-4 Core
Language | Description |
---|---|
ar |
Egypt - English (ISO-8859-6) |
he |
Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) |
he_IL |
Israel - English (ISO-8859-8) |
bg_BG |
Bulgarian (ISO 8859-5) |
cz |
Czech Republic |
da |
Denmark |
da.ISO8859-15 |
Denmark (ISO8859-15) |
de |
German |
de.ISO8859-15 |
Euro German (ISO8859-15) |
de.UTF-8 |
German (UTF-8) |
de_AT |
Austria |
de_AT.ISO8859-15 |
Austria (ISO8859-15) |
de_CH |
Switzerland |
el |
Greece |
en_AU |
Australia - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_CA |
Canada - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_EU.ISO8859-15 |
Euro English (ISO8859-15) |
en_EU.UTF-8 |
Euro English (UTF-8) |
en_GB |
GB - English (ISO-8859-1) |
en_GB.ISO8859-15 |
GB - English (ISO-8859-15) |
en_IE |
Ireland - English (8 bit) |
en_IE.ISO8859-15 |
Ireland (ISO8859-15) |
en_NZ |
New Zealand - English (8 bit) |
en_US |
USA - English (ISO-8859-1) |
es |
Spanish |
es.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Spanish (ISO8859-15) |
es.UTF-8 |
Spanish (UTF-8) |
es_AR |
Argentina |
es_BO |
Bolivia |
es_CL |
Chile |
es_CO |
Colombia |
es_CR |
Costa Rica |
es_EC |
Ecuador |
es_GT |
Guatemala |
es_MX |
Mexico |
es_NI |
Nicaragua |
es_PA |
Panama |
es_PE |
Peru |
es_PY |
Paraguay |
es_SV |
El Salvador |
es_UY |
Uruguay |
es_VE |
Venezuela |
et |
Estonia |
fi |
Finland |
fi.ISO8859-15 |
Finland (ISO8859-15) |
fr |
French |
fr.ISO8859-15 |
Euro French (ISO8859-15) |
fr.UTF-8 |
French (UTF-8) |
fr_BE |
Belgium |
fr_BE.ISO8859-15 |
Belgium (ISO8859-15) |
fr_CA |
Canada |
fr_CH |
Switzerland |
hr_HR |
Croatian (ISO 8859-2) |
hu |
Hungary |
it |
Italian |
it.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Italian (ISO8859-15) |
it.UTF-8 |
Euro Italion (UTF-8) |
lt |
Lithuania |
lv |
Latvia |
mk_MK |
Macedonian (ISO 8859-5) |
nl |
Netherlands |
nl.ISO8859-15 |
Netherlands (ISO8859-15) |
nl_BE |
Netherlands/Belgium |
nl_BE.ISO8859-15 |
Netherlands/Belgium (ISO8859-15) |
no |
Norway |
no_NY |
Nynorsk |
nr |
Bosnian (ISO 8859-2) |
pl |
Poland |
pt |
Portugal |
pt.ISO8859-15 |
Portugal (ISO8859-15) |
pt_BR |
Portugal/Brazil |
ro_RO |
Romanian (ISO 8859-2) |
ru |
Russia |
sk_SK |
Slovak (ISO 8859-2) |
sl_SI |
Slovene (ISO 8859-2) |
sq_AL |
Albanian (ISO 8859-2) |
sr_SP |
Serbian (ISO 8859-5) |
sv |
Swedish |
sv.ISO8859-15 |
Euro Swedish (ISO8859-15) |
sv.UTF-8 |
Swedish (UTF-8) |
tr |
Turkey |
Workaround: To prevent the problem, install the metacluster that contains the desired locale.
To repair an existing installation, in the /etc/default/init file change the references to the unsupported locale to reference a supported locale for the installed metacluster.
When the Solaris 7 system software is added to an OS server as a service, the following error message is displayed:
celebris: Error: Error adding OS service Solaris 2.7 i386 i86pc: service modification failed. See /var/sadm/system/logs/upgrade_log for more information (/var/sadm/install_data/upgrade_log on Solaris 2.3 or 2.4). |
Where celebris is the name of the OS server.
If you review the indicated log file, you will see that the addition of the SUNWplow package failed with the following message:
Doing pkgadd of SUNWplow to /. ERROR: attribute verification of <export/exec/Solaris_2.7_i386.all/etc/default/init> failed pathname does not exist |
Workaround: Ignore the error message.