Solaris 10 wont install -> One or more disks are found
Hi,
Hi I am new to installing Solaris on a E450 server.
I place the cdrom and type boot cdrom
Answering questions about network region etc.
The installer starts the installation and comes with an error:
One or more disks are found, but one of the
following problems exists:
> Hardware failure
> Unformatted disk.
So no installation.
How do I solve this?
I have tried different disks and even to format the disks.
I have had FreeBSD running on this system without any problem.
[570 byte] By [
snowbird] at [2007-11-25 22:51:46]
# 1
Hey did you ever get this fixed? I also had bsd on a disc that I'm now trying to format.
I've read the docs and used format about 50 times.
How did you get it fixed?
The best I can do is get the reserved partition to be #8. It won't let me put it as partition 2 (like in the docs)
partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk sectors available: 35362115 + 16384 (reserved sectors)
PartTagFlagFirst SectorSizeLast Sector
0rootwm34900.00MB 1843233
1swapwu1843234512.00MB 2891809
2 unassignedwm0 0 0
3 unassignedwm0 0 0
4 unassignedwm0 0 0
5 unassignedwm0 0 0
6usrwm289181015.48GB 35362114
8reservedwm 353621158.00MB 35378498
partition>
# 3
The solution:
If you齬e trying to install Solaris (SPARC) on a disc which previously had another O/S (*BSD) on it, you will more then likely come across the following error after the system identification stage is complete:
One or more disks are found, but one of the following problems exists:
> Hardware failure
> Unformatted disk.
The problem is to do with the disc label, at the shell fireup format with the e switch
format -e
select the disc which you are trying to install onto, if you are told that the disc doesnt not contain a disk label, would you like to write a lablel, say yes & specify the type as SMI Label, If youre not asked about the label & presented with a menu, goto the partition section, choose label, specify the type as SMI.
quit & reboot & all should be well
