[OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 boot problems

Stefan Müller-Wilken stefan.mueller-wilken at acando.de
Tue Feb 4 10:59:16 UTC 2014 

Okay, if the partition table is messed up, how can I get out of this alive?

I have two disks with this layout forming a root pool. Is it possible to detach one of them from the root pool, recreate the partition table properly and then put it back into the mirror to get the data from the other one. Then do the same other way around to also fix the second partition table. Is that the right procedure to not lose the whole root pool?

Apart from that: What would be the correct partition table in this case?

Cheers
 Stefan
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Von: Hans J. Albertsson [hans.j.albertsson at branneriet.se]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Februar 2014 11:42
An: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 boot problems

You may have noted that according to this partition table, part 9 covers
partition 8, the BOOT partition. That's not a good idea for an x86 machine.


On 2014-02-04 11:31, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
> There is one thing I'm not sure about; when looking at the partition table, what makes me wonder is that partition 0 starts at cylinder 0 while other machines in my collection have it start at cylinder 1. Apart from that, it is tagged as 'unassigned' and not root:
>
>
> Current partition table (original):
> Total disk cylinders available: 60795 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
>
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
>    0 unassigned    wm       0 - 60793      931.41GB    (60794/0/0) 1953311220
>    1 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>    2     backup    wu       0 - 60794      931.43GB    (60795/0/0) 1953343350
>    3 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>    4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>    5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>    6 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>    7 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>    8       boot    wu       0 -     0       15.69MB    (1/0/0)          32130
>    9 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)              0
>
> Could that be a problem? Again: it works once after installgrub and then hangs on GRUB for any subsequent try.
>
> Cheers
>   Stefan
>
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: Predrag Zecevic [Unix Systems Administrator] [predrag.zecevic at 2e-systems.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Februar 2014 10:55
> An: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 boot problems
>
> Hi,
>
> since grub is problem, is it possible that rpool mirror is 'damaged'?
>
> zpool status -v rpool
>
> Otherwise, I have no other idea.
> Regards.
>
> On 02/ 4/14 10:45 AM, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
>> 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
>> ________________________________________
>> 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.
>>>
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