[OpenIndiana-discuss] The kiss of death

[Toomas Soome]

> On 25. Apr 2021, at 00:53, Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe at math.utah.edu> wrote:
> 
> Toomas Soome <tsoome at me.com <mailto:tsoome at me.com>> responds today:
> 
>>> ...
>>>> On 24. Apr 2021, at 23:56, Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe at math.utah.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the additional suggestions to get the CentOS-7 based
>>>> OpenIndiana to boot.  Here is what I get:
>>>> 
>>>>      boot: status
>>>>      disk device:
>>>>          disk0:   BIOS driver C (167772160 X 512)
>>>>            disk0s1: Solaris 2             79GB
>>>>              disk0s1a: root               79GB
>>>>              disk0s1i: root             8032KB
>>> 
>>> Why there are two root slices? it should not disturb us but still weird. anyhow, can you mail
>>> me full partition table, format -> verify or partition -> print.ole disk
>>> 
>>> Since this is VM and no dual-boot, I recommend to only do whole disk setup (that is, GPT
>>> automatically prepared). But for now, I wonder how your current slices are defined:)
>>> 
>>> ...
> 
> I booted the failing VM from the CD-ROM, ran "ssh-keygen -A", edited
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config to change PermitRootLogin from no to yes, then
> ran "/usr/lib/ssh/sshd &".  That let me login remotely from a terminal
> window from which I can do cut-and-paste, and I could then do
> 
> 	# zpool import -R /mnt rpoot
> 
> 	# format
> 	Searching for disks...done
> 
> 	AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
> 	       0. c4t0d0 <QEMU-HARDDISK-1.5.3 cyl 10440 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
> 		  /pci at 0,0/pci1af4,1100 at 6/disk at 0,0
> 	Specify disk (enter its number): 0
> 
> 	electing c4t0d0
> 	[disk formatted]
> 	/dev/dsk/c4t0d0s0 is part of active ZFS pool rpool. Please see zpool(1M).
> 
> 	FORMAT MENU:
> 		disk       - select a disk
> 		type       - select (define) a disk type
> 		partition  - select (define) a partition table
> 		current    - describe the current disk
> 		format     - format and analyze the disk
> 		fdisk      - run the fdisk program
> 		repair     - repair a defective sector
> 		label      - write label to the disk
> 		analyze    - surface analysis
> 		defect     - defect list management
> 		backup     - search for backup labels
> 		verify     - read and display labels
> 		save       - save new disk/partition definitions
> 		inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
> 		volname    - set 8-character volume name
> 		!<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
> 		quit
> 	format> verify
> 	Warning: Primary label on disk appears to be different from
> 	current label.
> 
> 	Warning: Check the current partitioning and 'label' the disk or use the
> 		 'backup' command.
> 
> 	Primary label contents:
> 
> 	Volume name = <        >
> 	ascii name  = <DEFAULT cyl 10440 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
> 	pcyl        = 10442
> 	ncyl        = 10440
> 	acyl        =    2
> 	bcyl        =    0
> 	nhead       =  255
> 	nsect       =   63
> 	Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
> 	  0       root    wm       1 - 10439       79.97GB    (10439/0/0) 167702535
> 	  1 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0
> 	  2     backup    wu       0 - 10439       79.97GB    (10440/0/0) 167718600
> 	  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        7.84MB    (1/0/0)         16065
> 	  9 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)             0

*this* label does make sense. That warning above, what is it about, what does partition -> print tell?

rgds,
toomas


> 
> I have to leave soon for the weekend, so likely cannot respond before Monday.
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