[OpenIndiana-discuss] Creating .volsetid without mkisofs

Alexander Eremin alexander.r.eremin at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 10:30:07 UTC 2013


svcadm disable root:media usr:media sysidcfg:live-media root-minimal
svcadm enable root:default usr:default
svcadm enable sysidcfg:system sysidcfg:net

See http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Advanced+-+Manual+installation+of+OpenIndiana+from+LiveCD+media

Alexander

> On 26 нояб. 2013 г., at 14:21, Rainer Heilke <rheilke at dragonhearth.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to clean up this error:
> rheilke at hastur:~$ svcs -xv
> svc:/system/filesystem/root:media (root file system mount)
> State: maintenance since November 25, 2013 03:10:44 PM PST
> Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_FATAL.
>   See: http://illumos.org/msg/SMF-8000-KS
>   See: /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-root:media.log
> Impact: This service is not running.
> rheilke at hastur:~$ cat /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-root\:media.log
> [ Nov 25 06:43:13 Enabled. ]
> [ Nov 25 06:43:13 Rereading configuration. ]
> [ Nov 25 06:43:13 Rereading configuration. ]
> [ Nov 25 06:43:14 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/media-fs-root"). ]
> /lib/svc/method/media-fs-root: line 60: /.volsetid: cannot open [No such file or directory]
> ** FATAL **: Unable to access media
> [ Nov 25 06:43:21 Method "start" exited with status 95. ]
> [ Nov 25 15:10:27 Enabled. ]
> [ Nov 25 15:10:36 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/media-fs-root"). ]
> /lib/svc/method/media-fs-root: line 60: /.volsetid: cannot open [No such file or directory]
> ** FATAL **: Unable to access media
> [ Nov 25 15:10:44 Method "start" exited with status 95. ]
> 
> That is directly from the installed OS on the harddrive. If .volsetid isn't needed, why the errors? Is there some other way around this?
> 
> And it's beddy-bye for this bonzo...
> Rainer
> 
> 
>> On 11/26/2013 1:12 AM, Peter Tribble wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Rainer Heilke <rheilke at dragonhearth.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> I've found the beginnings of my problems (thanks, Stefan). The 151a8
>>> LiveCD did not lay down a /.volsetid on my root filesystem (rpool). The one
>>> on the LiveCD doesn't work. So, how do I create one (with the right value)
>>> from scratch? I don't think mkisofs will work.
>>> 
>> What are you trying to do?
>> 
>> All that .volsetid is used for is to ensure that when you boot from
>> the Live CD, it can find the actual CD that matches the booted
>> image. (Just in case you have multiple CDs, it can identify the right
>> one.) The file isn't relevant to an installed system.
>> 
> 
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