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Solution Type FAB (standard) Sure Solution 1000952.1 : E2900/V1280 systems that have the PCI+ IB_SSC IO Assembly will not be able to install or boot from Solaris 9 9/05 DVD or CD.
PreviouslyPublishedAs 201269 Product Sun Fire E2900 Server Sun Fire V1280 Server Bug Id <SUNBUG: 6352182> Impact Installation or booting Solaris 9 9/05 from DVD or CD will fail on E2900/V1280 systems that have a PCI+ IB_SSC/PCI-X IB_SSC IO Assembly installed. Since no version of Solaris 9 prior to Solaris 9 9/05 supports the PCI+ IB_SSC/PCI-X IB_SSC Assembly, customers cannot install or boot Solaris 9 on systems with the PCI+ IB_SSC/PCI-X IB_SSC Assembly via DVD or CD. Contributing Factors Products:
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All E2900/V1280 systems with PCI+ IB_SSC Assemblies, P/N 541-0382-xx and PCI-X IB_SSC, P/N 541-1486 attempting to boot or install Solaris 9 9/05 via DVD or CD media are affected. This issue does not affect booting or installation of Solaris 10. Support for Solaris 8 will require Solaris 8 HW 2/04 and additional patches. Installation from the DVD-ROM will require an alternate Solaris 8 DVD0. The part number for Solaris 8 DVD0 is 708-0124-10. This is documented in Field Action Bulletin 102133. Solaris 8 is not supported with the PCI-X IB_SSC IO Assembly. Symptoms While booting Solaris 9 9/05 from the CD or DVD, the boot sequence terminates with the following error messages: ok boot cdrom -s SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_118558-11 64-bit Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Cannot assemble drivers for root /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@4/ide@2/cdrom@0,0:b Cannot mount root on /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/pci@4/ide@2/cdrom@0,0:b fstype ufs panic[cpu0]/thread=140a000: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root 0000000001409970 genunix:vfs_mountroot+70 (0, 0, 0, 200, 14a82f0, 0) %l0-3: 000000000149bc00 000000000149bc00 0000000000002000 00000000014e5f40 %l4-7: 00000000014ebc00 0000000001422568 000000000149c400 000000000149f400 0000000001409a20 genunix:main+90 (1409ba0, f000d348, 1409ec0, 39b5ab,2000, 500) %l0-3: 0000000000000001 000000000140a000 0000000001423728 0000000000000000 %l4-7: 0000000078002000 000000000039e000 00000000014fdf58 0000000001069ef0 Root Cause The DVD/CD image has a missing entry for the IDE controller in the "driver_aliases" file. This entry is required for the mini-root to load the appropriate driver for the IDE controller during the initial boot sequence while booting from DVD or CD. While patch 112954-12 does have the correct entries, the DVD build process accidently over-wrote the values. Installing the subsequent version of the patch, 112954-13, puts the correct entries back into the configuration. Workaround See Resolution section below. Resolution This is addressed in the Solaris 9 09/05 HW release. Information on Solaris 9 09/05 can be found via the below URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris/overview/releases-jsp-140987.htmlThe releases are on MyOracle Support, under the Patches and Updates tab. Search for these patches: Solaris 9 Update 9 SPARC is patch 10361173 Solaris 9 Update 8 X86 is patch 10361178 Alternatively, the "DVD0" image can be obtained within Oracle's WAN by downloading the "DVD0" image from : ftp://figaro.us.oracle.com/pub/dvd0_special Everything is now entitled by valid service plan, so there is no longer a public link to these downloads. Please Note: All questions on this FAB need to be directed to Roy.Stiles@oracle.com. Modification History Date: 10-MAY-2007 Many modifications throughout. Contact Roy Stiles for questions. Previously Published As 102100 Internal Comments Internal Contributor/submitter Roy.Stiles@Sun.COM Internal Eng Business Unit Group KE Authors Internal Eng Responsible Engineer Patrick.Morrisey@Sun.COM, Bruce.Hill@Oracle.COM Internal Services Knowledge Engineer karen.edwards@sun.com Internal Kasp FAB Legacy ID 102100 Internal Sun Alert & FAB Admin Info Critical Category: Significant Change Date: 2005-12-12 Avoidance: Upgrade Responsible Manager: null Original Admin Info: null Product_uuid 63ff680d-0598-11d8-84cb-080020a9ed93|Sun Fire E2900 Server 6a74b2f9-bbd8-4b2c-870d-b6b73d6e224f|Sun Fire V1280 Server Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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