Oct 05, 2006 this article will focus on installing solaris 10 on an x86 machine. While sun has been testing and certifying that solaris 10 will run on various x86 and x64 servers from ibm, hewlettpackard, dell, and others, are finding that having sun or the opensolaris community attest to the usability of solaris on a particular box is not the same thing as having the maker of that box actually sell the operating system on the machine and guarantee that the drivers all. What can i do during the solarisx86 booting sequence. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. Good to see im not the only one having this problem, but not the best news that there isnt a quick fix available. The situation is that i have managed to install a solaris 10 guest under kvmqemu in a ubuntu gusty machine with amd turion x2 processors and 512mib for the vm. Have tried multiple configurations and not getting anywhere. I am rusty on my solaris, but if i remember right the r being passed to obps boot command will cause the system to rebuild the device trees. Example to update the boot archive via failsafe boot on.
Please let me know the step wise process to claim it back. This varies dependent upon the systems bios, but is often f8 or f12. Solaris flash makes it easy to provision large numbers of. The recommended action is to reboot into the failsafe archive to correct the above inconsistency. Reconfiguration coordination manager rcm support is integrated in solaris volume manager, allowing the safe removal of disks through dynamic reconfiguration dr requests. Next solaris express build will probably contain one of the long awaited features. The book covers a broad range of solaris system administration topics such as managing user accounts, diskless clients, booting a system, using the service management facility smf, and managing software and patches. Solaristm 10 patching best practices course reference guide is a supplement to. Jul 06, 2010 h ow do i reboot a solaris unix machine or server using the command shell prompt. If you have multiple partitions, the boot loader in the solaris partition will. May 01, 2009 next solaris express build will probably contain one of the long awaited features. The installation is reasonably straight forward, but it is not as simple and takes significantly longer than most modern linux installations. Then follow the prompts to update the boot archive. The x86 x64 hardware also involves the 5 step boot process, same as the sparc hardware.
Authors note keep in mind the operating system and the installation are the same on sparc and on x64 x86. This article provides a pictorial guide for performing a default installation of solaris 10 x86 32. Parker, norma adamson, rob duarte, and danny huynh. Solaris x86 does not support dos directly in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th primary partition of a disk.
Your pc will be completely erased of all files, programs, operating systems and device configurations, emails and favorites. The boot process on x86x64 hardware is bit different than the sparc hardware. I can get it to recognize the multiboot kernel and module, and it will try to start booting, but it. I am trying to install solaris x86 using the jumpstart server. This book is for anyone who is responsible for administering one or more systems that run the oracle solaris operating system os. The pboot program contained there is responsible for loading the image of the boot manager. First login as root user or use su to become a root. In the last post we saw the boot process in solaris 10 on sparc platform. In this entry ill try and explain how to set up an install server to allow you do a.
Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os with sam the sysadmin. An oracle solaris based system usually has two types of interfaces, physical and logical. Yes solaris 10 x86 is feasible under vmware, though it is not too spread yet. Solaris 10 installation on kvm constantly reboot unix. May 25, 2008 solaris 10 x86 running on vmware if you desire to install solaris 10 x86 on vmware all you need is. This article provides a pictorial guide for performing a default installation of solaris 10 x8632. The attach and bring up work but sometimes the vm reboots in an unexpected manner and the boot goes in maintenance mode. We had a power outage last weekend that seems to have done some very bad things to one of our x86 solaris machines. That means you can boot to multiple partitions, with multiple instances of solaris and other operating systems such as linux and windows. Reconfiguring oracle cluster synchronization services. Describes tasks for booting and shutting down an oracle solaris system. Using solaris live upgrade to create an alternate boot environment38.
The following examples illustrate some of these methods. Solaris 8 solaris is the unixbased operating system of sun microsystems with roots in the bsd operating system family. To accomplish this, on a grubbased platform, reboot and select the solaris failsafe option from the boot menu. The advantage of shutdown is that you can set a shutdown delay and warning message, but its nothing that a echo shutdown is coming wall. Press the function key listed onscreen to reach the boot menu. However, solaris by default installs cde or gnome desktop. Select the keyboard layout press enter to select default usenglish layout.
Using sqlplus to unlock accounts and reset passwords. On x86 platforms running solaris 11, disable fast reboot. Solaris 10 shutdown, reboot, init, and halt command. Starting with solaris 10 0606, solaris now uses grub to boot, making the answer below obsolete. The fast reboot feature of oracle solaris is supported on the sparc platform. It is refusing to boot, and dropping me to the grub prompt when started. We have a physical server solaris 10 1008 x86, to a disaster recovery test purpose we transform the physical machine in an image to be loaded in esxi 6.
H ow do i reboot a solaris unix machine or server using the command shell prompt. After you complete the system maintenance task, reboot the system. Solaris 10 1008 x86 guest reboot unexpected in esxi 6. If you have difficulties installing or using the product, please join the users mailing list to. Since pc hardware doesnt have sunoracles openboot, its emulated in software. Once logged in as root type the reboot command to reboot the system.
After the installation completes and the target goes for a re boot, it does not. Solaris starting and stopping dtlogin cde nixcraft. Ive migrated a solaris 10 for x86 vm from vmware server 2 to hyperv on server 2008 r2 via scvmm and have found that it boots in failsafe mode but not in normal mode. The x86x64 hardware also involves the 5 step boot process, same as the sparc hardware. In case solaris is boot from floppy or cdrom, the first physical sector of the media read by bios, is a vbs not mbr. Creating initial configuration for primary boot environment. We can now safely update the boot archive and reboot. Enter a program name, such as, gcc, or a keyword like editor.
Topics are described for both sparc and x86 based systems, where appropriate. Starting with solaris 10 0606, solaris now uses grub to boot, making the. Hello, i just installed the new kernal patch into a solaris 10 u5 x86 32bit guest os in virtualbox 2. This procedure describes how to recover the root file system on an x86based solaris 10 system from a ufsdump recovery tape or file. It is always good idea not to use the x windows system on dedicated solaris servers.
At the grub menu select the normal solaris option not failsafe. Solarisx86 does not support dos directly in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th primary partition of a disk. Booting into single user mode from dvd has not changed much in solaris 11 x86x64. Rebooting a system booting and shutting down oracle solaris. Among other boot architecture improvements, newboot introduces grub with ufs support, and a pxegrub for pxe booting. On linux, the closest equivalent is to delete any persistence files in.
Recovering root on an x86based solaris 10 system unixed. The device configuration assistant for the oracle solaris x86 based systems is a. This article will focus on installing solaris 10 on an x86 machine. If your cdrom drivebios isnt bootable, first insert the device configuration. What can i do during the solaris x86 booting sequence. Solaris 10 shutdown, reboot, init, and halt command differences in summary, init and shutdown commands cleanly shutdown the system by running the shutdown rc scripts. A reconfiguration boot, performed when adding new hardware to the system, is triggered by booting with the r option. Booting an x86 based system by using grub task map oracle. Please note that the package list below is a full list of all the packages. Solaris 10 x86 running on vmware if you desire to install solaris 10 x86 on vmware all you need is. You have more than one command option that you can use. Includes booting topics that apply to sparc and x86 platforms.
Initiating a fast reboot of a sparc based system oracle solaris. The problem is that after the install, when i try to boot the vm either kvmqemu or qemu, it goes into a endless reboot loop. If your linux system boot to a shell prompt, you can start x window gui system by typing following command. Furthermore, solarisx86 does not support more than one solaris fdisk partition on a physical disk nor more than 8 solaris slices on a solaris fdisk partition. I had a similar problem with solaris x86 after upgrading qemu from 1. Rebooting a system booting and shutting down oracle. Because the system cannot be booted from the boot disk, boot from the dvd or cdrom. If the boot fails because of mount problems, reboot into failsafe mode and check your vfstab file is correct. Select the cdromdvd device from the boot menu and press enter 4. Solaris 10 shutdown, reboot, init, and halt command differences. When a solaris 10 x86 machine is shutdown, the system checks whether the boot archive needs updating. With the release of oracle solaris 10 1008 it is possible to boot from an oracle solaris. For every application that is installed on your server, you should make sure that you have the correct scripts in etcrc x.
On an x86based system, perform a reconfiguration reboot by editing the boot command in the grub menu as described in chapter 3. Hi gurus, we are having server v880 with solaris 8 and 3 jbod under veritas volume manager. Onecommand manager secure management mode on solaris. How to boot a system to run level 3 multiuser level. Vmware any edition 4 images of solaris 10 x86 cds total. Solaris 10 305 dvd assembly instructions, multilanguage st, 798 bytes download now. You should now have a working solaris system, but your root filesystem is no longer mirrored. Dec, 2006 for every application that is installed on your server, you should make sure that you have the correct scripts in etcrc x. The following steps reconfigure a system to recognize a new disk.
Upgrade sparc or x86 patches required for each oracle solaris release. We have a physical server solaris 10 10 08 x86, to a disaster recovery test purpose we transform the physical machine in an image to be loaded in esxi 6. Furthermore, solaris x86 does not support more than one solaris fdisk partition on a physical disk nor more than 8 solaris slices on a solaris fdisk partition. Physical interfaces consist of a driver and a connector into which you plug network media, such as an ethernet cable. If this is a solaris 10 1008 system with a ufs root, for example, then your grub entries look reasonable to me. Get project updates, sponsored content from our select partners, and more. The boot process on x86 x64 hardware is bit different than the sparc hardware. A quick git bisect session on qemu source repository proved this commit to be the culprit. Booting an x86 based system by using grub task map. On an obpbased platform, reboot then type boot f failsafe. Onecommand manager application for solaris release.
If this is a solaris 10 10 08 system with a ufs root, for example, then your grub entries look reasonable to me. If you have difficulties installing or using the product, please join the users mailing list to get a helping hand. Solaris 10 x86 cannot find boot after move to hyperv. What unixlike operating systems are available on x86. On linux, the closest equivalent is to delete any persistence files in etcudevrules. Cindy hide quoted text show quoted text its sol 10 0509. How can i obtain freeware, shareware, and gnu software on a cdrom.
From version 8 up, solaris x86 installation cds are bootable. Configuring physical interfaces in solaris 10 305 oracle. The soft disk partitions feature increases the number of file systems per device from eight to thousands. Authors note keep in mind the operating system and the installation are the same on sparc and on x64x86. Device autoconfiguration oracle solaris 11 system administration. Solaris 8 0600 companion cd do not includes stuff like gnome but the software provided should work in a release that is the same solaris version with some patches and enhancements. Reconfigure reboot for solaris 10 u5 x86 guest in virtualbox 807559 dec 23, 2008 2. Booting a system that does not implement grub oracle docs. Solaris web start software simplifies the installation, setup, and administration of applications written for both solaris and java technologybased environments with pointandclick ease of use.
Initiating a fast reboot of a system to a newly activated boot environment there are several ways that you can perform a fast reboot of an x86 based system to an alternate boot environment. Oracle database installation guide, 10g release 2 10. Change the current boot environments disk configuration. It will be returned to you in a state similar to when it was new. I cant seem to get to the ok prompt from which to use boot r. Mar 06, 2006 it is always good idea not to use the x windows system on dedicated solaris servers.
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