Hi,
I'm trying to create a mirrored / and swap during the jumpstart build process, but I keep getting errors when JS tries to create the metadbs. I'm currently trying Nevada b52 on x86 (on VMWare with 2 emulated SCSI disks), but also tried S10 0606 with the same results.
My jumpstart profile has:
install_type initial_install
system_type standalone
partitioning explicit
fdisk all solaris maxfree
metadb c1t0d0s3---------默认会创建3个metadb，每个8192块，共24576块
metadb c1t1d0s3
filesys mirror c1t0d0s0 c1t1d0s0 7300 /
filesys mirror c1t0d0s1 c1t1d0s1 500 swap
During the JS install, the process errors out with
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Creating SVM State Replica on disk c1t0d0s3
metadb: test2: c1t0d0s3: device size 24576 is too small for metadevice database replica
Creating SVM State Replica on disk c1t1d0s3
metadb: test2: c1t1d0s3: device size 24576 is too small for metadevice database replica
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If I look at the JS installer's /tmp/create_mirror script, I see
....
/usr/bin/echo "Creating SVM State Replica on disk c1t0d0s3"
/usr/sbin/metadb -a -f -c 3 -l 8192 c1t0d0s3
/usr/bin/echo "Creating SVM State Replica on disk c1t1d0s3"
/usr/sbin/metadb -a -f -c 3 -l 8192 c1t1d0s3
....
The disks appear to be partitioned fine (both have the settings below)
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Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 251 - 3900 7.13GB (3650/0/0) 14950400
1 swap wu 1 - 250 500.00MB (250/0/0) 1024000
2 backup wm 0 - 4091 7.99GB (4092/0/0) 16760832
3 unassigned wm 3901 - 3906 12.00MB (6/0/0) 24576----jumpstart自动把分片3分配了24576个块
8 boot wu 0 - 0 2.00MB (1/0/0) 4096
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If I manually run the metadb command, one thing I noticed is that the first metadb is placed at an offset of 16 blocks (I assume to prevent over-writing the bootblock). What I think may be the problem is that JS is allocating only exactly enough space on the slice for the metadbs, but really it should be allocating that space +8k to allow for the 16 block offset.
CODE:
在jumpstart过程中断后，进入交互式shell。如果我手工创建：
# metadb -af -c 2 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s3
# metadb
显示第一个metadb从第16块开始。。。我怀疑是这个原因，导致第三个metadb无法创建。因为总共只有24576块，给它偏移了16块后，留给第三个块的空间不够8192块了。。。难道是X86的bug？
searching......# metadb -af -c 2 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s3
# metadb
显示第一个metadb从第16块开始。。。我怀疑是这个原因，导致第三个metadb无法创建。因为总共只有24576块，给它偏移了16块后，留给第三个块的空间不够8192块了。。。难道是X86的bug？
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