[OmniOS-discuss] Can't reinstall OmniOS on CF drive

illukas at inlink.ee illukas at inlink.ee
Fri Mar 29 02:47:23 EDT 2013


I have similar problem installing into memory stick (tried 4 gb & 12gb)

Installer tries to create rpool/swap 732,606249809m, but fails with 
error: volume size must be multiple of volume block size
Tried both stable & bloody

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/screenshotfrom201303281.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/screenshotfrom201303281.png/

Regards
illukas



On 28.03.2013 19:12, Theo Schlossnagle wrote:
> Can you please try using Kayak? It's a much more flexible install tool.
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Kent Watsen <kent at watsen.net 
> <mailto:kent at watsen.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     I'm stumped.   Here's everything I've tried so far:
>
>     1. installing into a partition instead of "whole disk".  Works
>     fine in VirtualBox but fails on the real disk
>
>     2. resetting the drive's geometry.  Had to use Linux to do this,
>     but OmniOS reverted it back to its original values
>
>     3. manually creating the rpool/swap volume.  After the failure, I
>     escape to shell.  Sure enough, "3230.54765606m" fails but "3230m"
>     succeeds (too bad I can't tell the installer to use this value
>     instead)
>
>     4. traced the installer's code per the stack trace.  Honestly, I
>     wish instantiation.py wouldn't try to create swap at all - being a
>     compact flash disk, I'm going to move swap (and dump, etc) to my
>     raidz2-based pool afterwards anyways...
>
>     5. installed OpenIndiana.  Yes, it installed fine.  After it
>     installed, I escaped to shell and saw it had chosen different
>     sizes for the various ZFS volumes.  Then I tried installing OmniOS
>     again, hoping that something OI had done would stick, but no dice
>
>     Why won't OmniOS install on this CF disk again?  - I'm using the
>     same OmniOS install CD as before.  Could a BIOS setting make a
>     difference (it's currently set to LBA)?   The only other thing I
>     can think of is that the CF disk now has some blocks marked
>     unusable.  But SMART info says that's not the case and I compared
>     it to another identical 8GB CF disk and they're the same (two
>     disks both marking the same number of blocks bad seems improbable)
>
>     Right now, the only way I can imagine getting OmniOS installed is
>     by hacking the installer itself.  Actually, I tried already but
>     file was read-only.  Didn't investigate enough to see if I could
>     change that.  Worst case, I suppose I could mount the ISO, twiddle
>     some bits, and burn another CD, but I'm hoping someone has a
>     better idea...anyone?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Kent
>
>
>
>
>     On 3/25/13 7:56 PM, Kent Watsen wrote:
>
>
>         I have a machine whose root disk is a 8GB CF.  I installed
>         OmniOS on this drive a few weeks ago, but it won't let me do
>         it  again now (see install_log below). The one crazy thing I
>         see is that it's trying to create a volume with a size of
>         "3230.54765606m" - which seems like a peculiar fraction to be
>         passing into `zfs create`
>
>         How could it be that I could install 'stable' on this drive
>         before and now, using the exact same OmniOS install CD, it
>         won't let me? Any ideas how to clear or circumvent the issue?
>
>         Thanks,
>         Kent
>
>
>         2013-03-25 16:16:56,393   InstallationLogger INFO **** START ****
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:100 TargetDiscovery completed.
>         2013-03-25 16:17:30,672   InstallationLogger INFO Going to
>         perform final validation of desired target
>         2013-03-25 16:17:30,697   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
>         Opening keyboard device: /dev/kbd
>         2013-03-25 16:17:30,698   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
>         Detected following current keyboard layout: US-English
>         2013-03-25 16:17:30,698   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
>         console type: Physical Console
>         2013-03-25 16:17:40,684   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
>         Configuring NIC as: none
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,022   InstallationLogger INFO Installation
>         Device Size: 7.58gbMB
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,022   InstallationLogger INFO Minimum
>         required size: 2.12gb
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,022   InstallationLogger INFO Recommended
>         size: 4.12gb
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,023   InstallationLogger INFO Swap type: ZVOL
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,024   InstallationLogger INFO Swap size:
>         3.15gb
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,024   InstallationLogger INFO Dump type: ZVOL
>         2013-03-25 12:17:00,024   InstallationLogger INFO Dump size:
>         807.00mb
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:100 PrepareTransfer completed.
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:1 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:1 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:1 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:2 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:2 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:2 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:3 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:3 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:3 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:4 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:4 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:4 Preparing for Installation
>         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:5 VarSharedDataset completed.
>         2013-03-25 12:17:07,955   InstallationLogger ERROR  cannot
>         create 'rpool/swap': volume size must be a multiple of volume
>         block size
>         2013-03-25 12:17:07,956   InstallationLogger ERROR  Error
>         occurred during execution of 'TargetInitialization' checkpoint.
>         Traceback (most recent call last):
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/engine/__init__.py",
>         line 828, in _execute_checkpoints
>             checkpoint.execute(dry_run)
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/target/instantiation.py",
>         line 410, in execute
>             self.create_swap()
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/target/instantiation.py",
>         line 205, in create_swap
>             swap.create(self.dry_run)
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/target/logical.py",
>         line 723, in create
>             logger=ILN, env={"LC_ALL": "C"})
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/__init__.py",
>         line 331, in check_call
>             raise CalledProcessError(popen.returncode, args, popen)
>         CalledProcessError: Command '['/usr/sbin/zfs', 'create', '-p',
>         '-V', '3230.54765606m', 'rpool/swap']' returned unexpected
>         exit status 1
>         2013-03-25 12:17:07,970   InstallationLogger ERROR  Checkpoint
>         TargetInitialization failed
>         2013-03-25 12:17:07,970   InstallationLogger ERROR  Command
>         '['/usr/sbin/zfs', 'create', '-p', '-V', '3230.54765606m',
>         'rpool/swap']' returned unexpected exit status 1
>         2013-03-25 12:17:08,213   InstallationLogger ERROR  Install
>         FAILED.
>         Traceback (most recent call last):
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/text_install/ti_install.py",
>         line 336, in perform_ti_install
>             do_ti_install(install_data, screen, update_status_func)
>           File
>         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/text_install/ti_install.py",
>         line 270, in do_ti_install
>             raise ti_utils.InstallationError("Failed executing
>         checkpoints")
>         InstallationError: Failed executing checkpoints
>         2013-03-25 12:17:16,549   InstallationLogger INFO User quit
>         the installer.
>         2013-03-25 12:17:16,549   InstallationLogger INFO **** END ****
>
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