[oi-dev] Bootloader as of today damaged?

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 30.09.19 um 07:11 schrieb Michal Nowak:
> On 09/28/19 03:29 PM, Toomas Soome via oi-dev wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 28 Sep 2019, at 12:45, Toomas Soome <tsoome at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 28 Sep 2019, at 12:11, Andreas Wacknitz <A.Wacknitz at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have updated one of my build servers today and it stopped working
>>>> after reboot.
>>>> I get a black screen (before the bootloader prompt typically is
>>>> shown). So, my conclusion is that
>>>> the bootloader is damaged. I have re-installed OI with Michal's
>>>> latest text image and after pkg update
>>>> the boot fails again.
>>>> Has anybody else experienced the same?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Andreas
>>>
>>> poke me on irc and we can do some diag…
>>>
>>> rgds,
>>> toomas
>>>
>>
>>
>> hi!
>>
>> As it did turn out, it is not about bootloader being damaged, but
>> installboot doing slightly wrong (updating VBR/PBR while stage2 was
>> not updated). I’ll try to get the fix integrated asap, but for now,
>> the workaround is:
>>
>> after you run pkg update, force update of boot program with:
>> beadm mount NEWBE /mnt
>> bootadm install-bootloader -f -R /mnt
>>
>> Or wait with update till the repo has loader package more recent than
>>
>> Packaging Date: 28 September 2019 at 01:31:17
>>            Size: 2.26 MB
>>            FMRI:
>> pkg://openindiana.org/system/boot/loader@1.1,5.11-2019.0.0.19070:20190928T013117Z
>>
>> or /boot/gptzfsboot more recent than (use installboot -i
>> /boot/gptzfsboot):
>> Extended version string: 1.1-2019.09.20.1
>>
>> I’ll update installboot soon to make such error impossible in future.
>>
>> sorry about the mess,
>> toomas
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>
> I manually updated our illumos-gate with two loader fixes by Toomas as
> they are not integrated to the gate. This version should work:
>
>   pkg://openindiana.org/system/boot/loader@1.1-2019.0.0.19072
>
> It certainly works for me but I wasn't affected in the first place. If
> someone affected can test it, that would be great.
>
> Michal
>
Thanks for that,

it worked for me, too.

Regards,
Andreas