Howto install Solaris 10 on Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S6
- Configure IP
- use Java 1.5 latest
- The RAID-Card (LSI MegaRAID) does not support JBOD, so you have to configure every disk separate for using ZFS
- Do not use the WebBIOS (CTRL-H) GUI
- Use the CLI (CTRL-Y)
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-PDList -a0
show all physical disks (the controller should be in most cases 0) and remember your CaseID and Disk-Number)
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-CFGLDADD -r0[CaseID:DiskNumber] -a0
for example -CFGLDADD -r0[64:0] -a0
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-LDSETPROP EnDskCache -LAll -aAll
enable disk cache on all disks
- Sometimes it is usefull to clear the old config befor adding a disk
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CFGCLR -a0
- =CFGFOREIGN -CLEAR -a0
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CFGLDADD -r0[64:0] -a0
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CFGLDADD -r0[64:1] -a0
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CFGLDADD -r0[64:2] -a0
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CFGLDADD -r0[64:3] -a0
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LDSETPROP EnDskCache -LAll -aAll
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q
for quit
- use the Remote Storage function from the video redirection (a direclty connected USB-DVD doesn't work)
- Start the Solaris installation
- When you get the Error
ERROR: The disc you inserted is not a Solaris OS CD/DVD
- connect the USB-DVD directly to you hardware
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ls -l /dev/usb/*
search for you usb or cdrom device
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ls -l /dev/dsk/*
try to find the same physical device within disks
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mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/cXt0d0p0 /cdrom
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/sbin/install-solaris
Errors
ACPI Error => seems to be no problem
WARNING: pci_process_acpi_device: invalid _BBN 0xff
WARNING: pci_process_acpi_device: invalid _BBN 0xfe
DVD Error
ERROR: The disc you inserted is not a Solaris OS CD/DVD.
Installation
- GRUB => Oracle Solaris
- Solaris DVD boot => 4. Oracle Solaris Interactive Text (Console session)