From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 01:10:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC5BA106564A for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:10:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ansarm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f21.google.com (mail-gx0-f21.google.com [209.85.217.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69E238FC0C for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:10:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ansarm@gmail.com) Received: by gxk14 with SMTP id 14so715659gxk.19 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:10:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:references :in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:thread-index:content-language; bh=ijoEfnh3Mxqoilj9Gao+0TJc3E2hFfLyUpPRFAl/MoU=; b=biYxsu3AUjkK5br8bZQZ9UZCupqCasaUEuVHUjR5/K4t18lnNtMWfiBVSK2YiCRy9J xL8Vb7LDz0adtxiFa5olwz+AIsMwMMDEnOK/RjaFb5xx9B5s+SqUTd+vwIzDobJ84RGF 11wUiNZASqgudq37l4weIVDnN0byFvwx8oVt8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :thread-index:content-language; b=OjILndghJEhTmCL25XNbSytVFUYHSe3bSGmGVdWRZgP8uO1lOip5spTIb4xmp/M20p f2DDdKG5UrqKdnBjM6IsY/MwxVfnrb3VGGoiYeGmlpfN4KL9yMV8ttFZZd6+OD9wd2qj yFptU1o5NP16RoWACe2jR7UxO/xglqaIRXPeA= Received: by 10.64.24.15 with SMTP id 15mr942066qbx.125.1233882639281; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:10:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from vms1 (206-248-190-95.dsl.teksavvy.com [206.248.190.95]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 25sm3215310qbw.35.2009.02.05.17.10.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:10:38 -0800 (PST) From: "Ansar Mohammed" To: "'Royce Williams'" References: <01ca01c987f5$37f23fd0$a7d6bf70$@com> <498B8DB5.80305@alaska.net> In-Reply-To: <498B8DB5.80305@alaska.net> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:10:36 -0500 Message-ID: <01cf01c987f7$b87691e0$2963b5a0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcmH93/x2L7/3uXhQeymVK5tJt/pVwAAChMw Content-Language: en-us Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: installing Solaris back onto ultra after FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:10:41 -0000 Format is core-dumping :) -----Original Message----- From: Royce Williams [mailto:royce@alaska.net] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:09 PM To: Ansar Mohammed Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing Solaris back onto ultra after FreeBSD Ansar Mohammed wrote, on 2/5/2009 3:52 PM: > For some reason when I try to reinstall Solaris on my Ultra, after > installing FreeBSD, the install hangs when it tries to write to disk. Has > anyone seen this before? Hmm ... sounds like you didn't get an error - 'bad magic', 'label is corrupt' - anything like that? You may need to rewrite the disk label from a Solaris boot CD or other mechanism. Caveat: it's been a looong time since I've done this, am doing this from memory (and a little Googling). Use the 'format' command to view the current labels. If I recall correctly, you have to use 'format -e' (expert mode), select the drive in question, select 'label', and select SMI and then format the drive. Some more info - search for EFI here: dlc.sun.com/pdf/817-5093/817-5093.pdf Some other possibly useful threads: http://www.webservertalk.com/message1248306.html Listers: is this covered in a FAQ somewhere? Royce