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

Thu Jan 6 20:02:13 UTC 2011

  Wasn't there some kind of prep you had to do to 134 before you could 
upgrade the BE?  It has been so long now that I can't remember.

On 01/ 6/11 01:57 PM, Gary Gendel wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 05:32:42 -0800 (PST)
>> From: ken mays<maybird1776 at yahoo.com>
>> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
>> <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
>> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Upgrading from 134b to 148 fails
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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>
>> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
>> <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
>> 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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