[OpenIndiana-discuss] Messed up system

[hairryharry]

Robin Axelsson wrote:
> On 2011-01-06 22:34, Nikola M. wrote:
>> On 01/ 6/11 01:53 PM, hairryharry wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Have been running OI148 on Sony Netbook with good results. Had
>>> installed OpenOffice from osol repo (contrib) and decided to uninstall
>>> through package manger and install 3.2.0 GB version from download.
>>> Could not get 3.2 to work and OI hung on shutdown requiring drop to
>>> console log in and halt from there.
>>> On booting drops out to console and will not allow root login only
>>> user. When trying to then "startx" or any command I get
>>> "-bash:/usr/bin/startx: /bin/ksh : bad interprter: no such file or
>>> directory"
>> I was just thinking about this problem a minutes ago.
>> My install of OI_147 was also messed up and would not boot after
>> installing Open Office 3.2 from OpenOfffice.org Oracle site.
>>
>> Be warned and do not install OO.org 3.2 with install script untill
>> problem is solved.
>> (I actually did kill my second OI BootEnvironment twice with this Oracle
>> OO.org install)
>>
>> Note to me and all: Make sure you make copy of your working BE with
>> beadm create _newname_
>> command, befor einstalling third party programs (Or after install and
>> after you set everything just how you like.
>>
>>
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>
> I just discovered that there is no manual entry for beadm in bash/ssh, 
> this can't be normal?
>
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I know its perhaps not a replacement for man entry but found this helpful -

http://developers.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/opensolaris/boot-environments.html

Mike