[OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 boot problems

[Stefan Müller-Wilken]

Hmmm... I've booted from DVD, switched to command line, mounted rpool and then diff'ed the stage1 and stage2 binaries. They are identical, so that can't be a problem.  But things are getting even weirder. I booted from DVD, then chain-booted into the HD installation, reinstalled boot loader via installgrub and rebooted. The server went into GRUB menu without a problem and did that again as l resetted from GRUB menu.

But getting into GRUB menu works only until I boot through into multi user for the first time. After that, any subsequent boot will end in "GRUB _" or "GRUB loading stage2...".

Huh??!

Cheers
 Stefan
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Von: Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator] [predrag.zecevic at 2e-systems.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Februar 2014 08:41
An: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 boot problems

Hi Stefan,

see my comment below.

On 02/ 3/14 09:55 PM, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
> Hi Predrag,
>
> you mean simply use installgrub from the DVD? Or copy the files 'stage1' and 'stage2'  to my HD's /boot/grub?
>
> Cheers
>   Stefan
>
Yes, all from DVD (I had problem with outdated grub structure on USB
image, check "OI 1.8 /dev: need help (missing feature for read
'org.illumos:lz4_compress')" discussion - that was completely another
problem, but USB image didn't worked).

Regards.
> ________________________________________
> Von: Predrag Zecevic [predrag.zecevic at 2e-systems.com]
> Gesendet: Montag, 3. Februar 2014 21:32
> An: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 boot problems
>
> Am 03.02.2014 21:11, schrieb Stefan Müller-Wilken:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I've got a serious booting problem with one of my 151a8 Proliants after switching my root pool mirror with its 2 disksfrom 73GB disks to 1TB disks. Although I've used installgrub to write stage1 and stage2 to each of the two disks using ...
>>
>> # installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s0
>> # installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c3t1d0s0
>>
>> ... the machine will blank the screen after booting and stop with "GRUB" and a blinking cursor. Using the text installer CD and then using "Boot from harddisk" will work. Anything I can do to bring the machine back to normal?
>>
>> Cheers
>>   Stefan
>>
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> Hi Stefan,
>
> not quiet sure, but I guess you have to:
> a) boot from DVD (not USB)
> b) import -f rpool
> c) use stage1 and stage 2 files from that booted media (not sure if
> /boot/grub/ is linked properly)
> d) reboot
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Regards.
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