Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:10:36 -0500 From: "Ansar Mohammed" <ansarm@gmail.com> To: "'Royce Williams'" <royce@alaska.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: installing Solaris back onto ultra after FreeBSD Message-ID: <01cf01c987f7$b87691e0$2963b5a0$@com> In-Reply-To: <498B8DB5.80305@alaska.net> References: <01ca01c987f5$37f23fd0$a7d6bf70$@com> <498B8DB5.80305@alaska.net>
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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
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