4975579 Bootpath Line Missing After PXE Install With Single Solaris Partition
During an interactive Solaris installation the install program will prompt you to select the partition layout of the disk. If you choose to layout the disk with a single disk partition that combines x86boot and Solaris partitions, then when the blade is rebooted the ’Device Configuration Assistant’ screen will be displayed and you will be prompted to select the boot device.
●Workaround
To avoid this, manually select the option to define seperate x86boot and Solaris disk partitions. For instructions about how to do this, refer to the information on disk partitioning in the chapter of the Sun Fire B100x and B200x Server Blade Installation and Setup Guide entitle entitled “Installing Solaris x86”.
4852503: break Command Does Not Work Although Message Confirms a break Was Sent
Solaris X86 supports the break command when the kernel has been booted under control of the kernel debugger (kadb).
Under normal operation the blade will not be booted under kadb control and it may appear that the break command has had no effect. On a SPARC system the break command would cause the operating system to drop to the Open Boot Prom (OBP) ok prompt. However, this facility is not available on Solaris x86 systems because they use BIOS instead of OBP.
Nevertheless, if you issue the break command from the System Controller’s sc> prompt, for example:
sc>break s1
Are you sure you want to send break to FRU s1 (y/n)? y s1: Break sent.
then the System Controller will still send the break command to the blade even if it is running Solaris x86. Therefore application software that is running on the blade can receive and interpret the command.
Chapter 3 Solaris x86
