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

Thu Jan 6 18:57:58 UTC 2011

Jon,

The liveCD was on a laptop with internal keyboard and trackpad.  I tried 
plugging in a USB mouse and keyboard which got me further, but then it 
barfed a little later in the process.  This is why I decided to try 
upgrading from the repository, but that BE wouldn't boot.  It loaded all 
the drivers and then hung.

As for the v20z I don't have a keyboard/mouse issue.  Mine has been 
solid, except it won't update to the latest firmware, go figure.

My process has been to put a new release on the laptop and exercise it 
to make sure there are no show-stoppers.  If it looks good I upgrade the 
v20z.  I do it this way so I have minimal downtime on this machine.

If I felt courageous enough, I could split the boot disk mirror and 
install OI fresh on one disk so I can recover from a failed install.  
Unfortunately, it will take a lot of effort to install, configure and 
initialize everything from backup.  I figure it will take most of a day.

Gary

Alan,

I'll try the text install on the laptop and let you know what I find.  
If I try the repository upgrade on the v20z, is there a session log that 
might contain better information about the python crash?  Thanks.

Gary

Daniel,

Thanks for the information.  This v20z install is far from pristine 
since it started with a UFS root disk somewhere around build 60 and was 
upgraded using LU until OpenSolaris Community Edition ended.  It was 
then migrated to OpenSolaris around build 111 with a ZFS root and pkg 
updates until 134b.  Now I need to migrate to OpenIndiana.  The laptop 
successfully upgraded to 147, but something bad happened in 148.  I 
figured it was time to migrate to OpenIndiana on the v20z and I believe 
it's close and fresh install will probably work, but I'm not happy about 
it and if it doesn't work, then I wasted a lot of effort.

Gary

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:18:23 +0000
> From: Jonathan Adams<t12nslookup at gmail.com>
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> For the LiveCD:
>
> not sure if it's affected, but when you do the live install, have you
> unplugged and re-inserted the keyboard/mouse, possibly in different
> sockets ... I know our v20z's were a little shaky ...
>
> otherwise, if you have the ILOM working then it might well be worth
> trying to control the keyboard and mouse over that interface.
>
> Jon
>
> On 6 January 2011 12:56, Gary Gendel<gary at genashor.com>  wrote:
>    
>> 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
>>
>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 05:32:42 -0800 (PST)
> From: ken mays<maybird1776 at yahoo.com>
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> Hi Gary,
>
> Try the text-installation version using OI_148 instead and provide some feedback based on that.
>
> ~ Ken Mays
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 1/6/11, Gary Gendel<gary at genashor.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> From: Gary Gendel<gary at genashor.com>
>> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Upgrading from 134b to 148 fails
>> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 7:56 AM
>> 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
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list
>> OpenIndiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
>>
>>      
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:41:35 -0500
> From: Daniel Kjar<dkjar at elmira.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Upgrading from 134b to 148 fails
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>    I have it running perfectly on a v40z and that was an upgrade from
> 134. It was a very clean 134 install though, I believe srss and
> sunstudio were the only 'additional' packages I had install in 134.
>
> On 01/ 6/11 07:56 AM, Gary Gendel wrote:
>    
>> 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
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list
>> OpenIndiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
>>      
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