[OpenIndiana-discuss] Upgrading from 134b to 148 fails

[Gary Gendel]

Hi,

I'm getting very frustrated with OpenIndiana installation issues.  It 
works fine in a VirtualBox environment, but I haven't been able to try 
it on bare metal.

Thinkpad Z61p running oi_147:
* LiveCD install doesn't recognize built-in keyboard or mouse.
* If updated from repository, boot hangs  Nothing special in kernel 
debugging output.

Sun V20z running os_134b:
* Tried to update from repository.  Remove phase had lots of warnings 
about directories not empty.  Update phase dies in a python traceback 
because a file that it wanted to create already existed.

What are my options for the V20z?  This system is the heart of my home 
network, providing DNS, email, file, dhcp, nat, web, etc. services. 
This machine started with os_64 and I've never had an upgrade issue like 
this.  I don't want to hose this machine trying to get OpenIndiana 
installed.  How can I provide information that will help track down the 
installation problems?

Thanks,
Gary