Received one response, and it was bang on! Thanks Mr. Dunham!
It turns out to be a stupid sysadmin mistake. I was under the gun to
get
the system going, and after reading all sorts of posts over the past few
months regarding Solaris 2.6 and newer systems like E420Rs and Ultra80s,
I was convinced that was where my error lay. I never did take a step
back
and verify that everything else was correct.
To quote Mr. Dunham:
> Looks to me like you've got a 2.6 root filesystem mounted from your
> server, but you've booted from a 2.7 or higher inetboot file.
> That's easy to do if you've downgraded from a jumpstart server "by
> hand".
> I'd double-check that the wrong link isn't present in /tftpboot
That was it exactly. I had forgotten to change the link in /tftpboot.
Thanks again!
BTW, only received one vacation notice and two bounces. That's a vast
improvement over recent history.
-- Mike van der Velden email mvanderv@redback.com System Administrator voice (604) 433-0597 x281 Redback Networks Canada, Inc. pager (604) 975-3929 305 - 8988 Fraserton Court fax (604) 433-0257 Burnaby, BC. CanadaYour mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? [ OK ]
Mike van der Velden wrote:
> I'm trying to jumpstart an E420R with Solaris 2.6 5/98. Its obp is > version 3.23 > > The system has successfully been running Solaris 7 for a couple of > months, but for various reasons I have to downgrade to Solaris 2.6. I > am aware of the need to use the "modify_install_script" that comes on > the Operating Environment Installation CD, dated September 1999. I have > followed the advice of Mr. Arthur Darren Dunham from his summary dated > Feb 21 (Jumpstarting 420R with 2.6) and the advice of Mr. Andrew Kyle > from his summary dated April 11 (jumpstarting 420R's). However, I seem > to have come up with an error that is neither in the Sun Managers > archive nor in the SunSolve database: > > Rebooting with command: boot net - install > Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1 File and args: - install > 23a00 hostname: mensa > domainname: localnis > root server: sol > root directory: /sys/install/sun/arch/sparc-5.6 > panic - boot: mismatched version of /boot interface: new boot, old > kernel > Program terminated > {1} ok > > Doing a bit of digging, I noticed that my original Sol2.6 image had > patch 105181-11 installed, and the modify_install_script installs > 105181-10 over top! I thought patchadd was smart enough to skip the > install if a newer patch was already installed. Anyway, following the > advice of Infodoc 21571, "Adding a Kernel Patch to a JumpStart > Installation Boot Image", I did a patchrm to remove 105181-10 from the > install image, and did a patchadd to install 105181-19. I also made > sure that the directory > /sys/install/sun/arch/sparc-5.6/Solaris_2.6/Patches was up to date with > the proper version of this patch. No luck. I still get the same error. > > Anyone know what the error "mismatched version of /boot interface: new > boot, old kernel" means and how to fix it? > > I need to get this system going soon. My workaround will be to install > from local CD, but that is not the fix I'm looking for. > > Thanks in advance, and unlike some freeloaders who've joined this list, > I do summarize my solutions.
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