SUMMARY: Solaris 10 5/08 jumpstart not working

I have found the issue.  My boot server is booting the Solaris 10 12/05 
release (update 1), which worked fine for Solaris 10 8/07 (update 4) and 
earlier, but is not working for installation of Solaris 10 5/08 (update 
5).  I use a separate boot server because the client I am jumpstarting 
is on a different subnet than the install server.

So to fix the issue, I am upgrading the Solaris 10 install image on the 
boot server to 5/08.

Thanks go to Martin Paul for giving me a couple ideas that helped me 
pinpoint the issue.

Tom

Tom Schmidt wrote:
> I have downloaded the ISOs of the DVD image for Solaris 10 5/08 for 
> SPARC and I have installed it on my jumpstart server.  However, when I 
> jumpstart a machine with the image, it fails to complete, stating 
> "Solaris 10 software installation partially failed".
> 
> I verified the MD5 checksums of the downloads, and also tried using the 
> 5 CD images instead of the DVD image, and I get the same results.  I 
> installed the image on my jumpstart server the same way I did for the 
> Solaris 10 8/07 image, which jumpstarts fine.  But I cannot get the 5/08 
> image to jumpstart.  Is anyone else seeing the same issue or know of a 
> workaround?
> 
> Background information:
> Installed from Solaris 10 5/08 downloaded ISOs using:
>      umask 022
>      mkdir /jumpstart/install/sparc_5.10_508
>      lofiadm -a 
> /jumpstart/install/sol10-u5.isos/sol-10-u5-ga-sparc-dvd.iso /dev/lofi/1
>      mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
>      rsync -aHSz /mnt/.??* /mnt/* /jumpstart/install/sparc_5.10_508
>      umount /mnt
>      lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1
> I then jumpstart using the /jumpstart/install/sparc_5.10_508 path and 
> the SUNWCall cluster.  My boot server is running the Solaris 9 9/05 
> SPARC release, which works fine for jumpstarting earlier Solaris 10 
> releases.
> 
> Here is the end of the jumpstart log showing the failure:
> 
> Completed software installation
> 
> Solaris 10 software installation partially failed
> 
> Solaris 10 packages partially installed
>                  SUNWocfd
>                  SUNWcsu
>                  SUNWcsr
>                  SUNWcsl
>                  . . .
>                  SUNWtiu8
> 
> Customizing system files
>          - Mount points table (/etc/vfstab)
> 
> ERROR: Could not open file (/a/etc/vfstab)
> 
> ERROR: Could not create the file system mount table (/etc/vfstab)
> 
> ERROR: System installation failed
> Solaris installation program exited.
> #
> 
> 
> Thanks...Tom

-- 
Tom L. Schmidt, Manager/SysAdmin Characterization Equipment
Micron Technology, Inc.  http://www.micron.com/
8000 S. Federal Way  P.O. Box 6  Mail Stop 01-371  Boise, Idaho USA 
83707-0006
mailto:tschmidt_at_micron.com  http://peunix.micron.com/
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