metadb: /dev/dump: No such file or directory
I have created a custom Solaris 10 DVD based on the instructions from the following sites:
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.solaris/2003-05/1450.html
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=174310&rl=1
All has gone well and my begin script generates a profile with the following partitioning information:
partitioningexplicit
filesys mirror c1t0d0s0 c1t1d0s0free/logging
filesys mirror c1t0d0s1 c1t1d0s116368swap
metadbc1t0d0s7
metadbc1t1d0s7
However, the installation fails with the following error:
Creating and checking UFS file systems
- Creating / (c1t0d0s0)
- Creating (c1t1d0s0)
- Creating (c1t1d0s1)
Creating SVM Meta Devices. Please wait ...
- Creating SVM State Replica on disk c1t0d0s7
- metadb: gibson: /dev/dump: No such file or directory
- Creating SVM State Replica on disk c1t1d0s7
- metadb: gibson: /dev/dump: No such file or directory
- Creating SVM Mirror Volume d0 (swap)
- Creating SVM Mirror Volume d10 (/)
ERROR: Could not mount / (/dev/md/dsk/d10)
ERROR: Could not mount the configured file system(s)
ERROR: System installation failed
Solaris installation program exited.
Using the command recorded in /tmp/create_mirror, I manually run:
# /usr/sbin/metadb -a -f -c 3 -l 8192 c1t0d0s7
metadb: gibson: /dev/dump: No such file or directory
I have used this profile from my jumpstart server with no problems. Any idea why /dev/dump is missing when installing from the DVD?
