[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problems installing grub

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

Thanks a bunch - that helped...

roy

----- Original Message -----
> Google suggests that when you see that error you need to fdisk before
> you fmthard. See
> http://malsserver.blogspot.com/2008/08/mirroring-resolved-correct-way.html
> :
> 
> > before doing the fmthard, you have to do fdisk on the new drive.
> > In my case, I did 'pfexec fdisk /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s2', it complained,
> > I said yes then everything was fine.
> > If you skip this step, you'll get:
> > fmthard: Partition 2 specifies the full disk and is not equal
> > and later:
> > "Partition 0 of the disk has an incorrect offset"
> 
> worth a try...
> 
> Chris Jordan
> cwjordanoi at cox.net
> 
> ---- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy at karlsbakk.net> wrote:
> > Hi all
> 
> One of the rpool drives on this server died the other day, so I got a
> replacement that was 1 cylinder larger (60798 vs 60797). Still, I
> tried
> 
> prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c7d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c6d0s2
> 
> zpool replace worked and the pool resilvered within a few minutes.
> Now, installing grub fails.
> 
> root at prv-backup:~# installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2
> /dev/rdsk/c6d0s0
> Partition 0 of the disk has an incorrect offset
> Unable to gather device information for /dev/rdsk/c6d0s0
> 
> Can thie be because of a bad partition table? Any idae how to fix this
> properly?
> 
> Vennlige hilsener / Best regards
> 
> roy
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Vennlige hilsener / Best regards

roy
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I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk.