SUMMARY: Jumpstart issue - Disk is not valid on this system

Sun Managers -

Thanks for responses from:

Michael Watson
Ken Stevens
Matt Stier
Mark Michael
Jorge Laparra Marroquin
Tobias Nutt

Mark Michael (and Michael Watson identified the same concept) and had
the following suggestion, that lead to a solution:

I suggest, if you have not already done so, to issue a "boot net"
command without further arguments.  This will permit you to obtain
interactive access to the system while it is running the very same
version of Solaris that will enumerate the peripheral devices as part of
the jumpstart.  For example, I have seen instances where the cxtxdxsx
values are different during a jumpstart than I would have expected.

If "boot net" doesn't do it, try "boot net -s" instead (but try the
first one first).

Once the system provides an opportunity for a prompt, then run the
format command and see what drives are there.

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The disks I saw when doing the above were c0t0 and c0t1...

I modified my profile to be (below) and the jump worked fine...

filesys         mirror:d1 c0t0d0s1 c0t1d0s1 8000 swap
filesys         mirror:d0 c0t0d0s0 c0t1d0s0 110500 /
metadb          c0t0d0s5 size 8192 count 5
metadb          c0t1d0s5 size 8192 count 4
filesys         mirror:d6 c0t0d0s6 c0t1d0s6 free /admin


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ORIGINAL POSTING:

Hello Sun Managers -

My jumpstart will not work... it is having a problem (below) saying the
disk is not valid.... I have absolutely quadruple-checked everything and
cannot find why it is having a problem here.  See format below - the
c1t0 drive probed.... Plus check the jumpstart config below too...

What gives????

Les Greene
Boeing

......
......(jumpstart scroll)
......
Using begin script: install_begin
Using finish script: patch_finish
Executing SolStart preinstall phase...
Executing begin script "install_begin"...
Begin script install_begin execution completed.

ERROR: Field 2 - Disk is not valid on this system (c1t0d0s0) Solaris
installation program exited.
#

echo|format
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c1t0d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
          /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/sd@0,0
       1. c1t1d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
          /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/sd@1,0
Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number):
root@cookie7 #

root@cookie8 #
root@cookie8 # cat any_machine

filesys         mirror:d0 c1t0d0s0 c1t1d0s0 110500 /
filesys         mirror:d1 c1t0d0s1 c1t1d0s1 8000 swap
metadb          c1t0d0s5 size 8192 count 5
metadb          c1t1d0s5 size 8192 count 4
filesys         mirror:d6 c1t0d0s6 c1t1d0s6 free /admin
root@cookie8 #
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