Could not stop the extraction
I'm not sure what the error means that it would cause the install to fail.
Observing the /tmp/install_log, I can see the root disk file systems being made, and then:
Beginning Flash archive extraction
Extracting archive: EDHT208_FLAR_1
ERROR: Could not stop the extraction
ERROR: Could not extract Flash archive
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Background:
I am building a flash archive using flarcreate off of a running Solaris 8 system and then attempting to bring up a copy of that system somewhere else (disaster recovery experiments).
I'm using the CD based install rather than a seperate jumpstart server.
I have had good luck using flash archives to build Solaris 9 systems based on a reference server, this is the first time I've tried Solaris 8, and the first time I've tried a "dirty" system.
Experience has proven that HTTP doesn't work as a flash archive retreival method because the flar's are larger than 2G. (This one is 8G.)
Solaris 9 gives me an FTP option, which works fine. (Although I really wish there was an SCP option.)
With Solaris 8, I don't have FTP as an option, so I'm trying it with NFS. It sees and grabs the flar ok, then it dies.
How do I get more verbosity in the error message if no one can guess what might be happening?
Could there be a 2G issue with the NFS method as well? If so, what recommendations to folks have to get around it?
