System Panics Or Hangs During Solaris Os Installation (Cr 6920274) - Oracle Sun Fire X4800 Product Notes

System Panics or Hangs During Solaris OS Installation (CR 6920274)

System Panics or Hangs During Solaris OS Installation (CR
6920274)
If you try to do a network install using a 32–bit version of the Solaris OS on the Sun Fire
X4800 server, it might fail. It might panic or hang during installation.
32–bit versions of the Solaris OS are not supported. When you install the Solaris OS from a
PXE server, the netboot environment must be configured to use the 64–bit kernel.
When a 32–bit install environment is used, it displays a message similar to the following:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 141445-09 32-bit
Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved
Workaround
You can fix this by changing the PXE boot menu to include amd64 on the kernel and module
lines.
The following displays show examples of the lines before and after this change. The lines have
been wrapped to make the display fit the page.
Before (incorrect):
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kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-16/multiboot kernel/unix install -B
install media=10.6.78.11:/images/s10u8_08a,console=ttya,install_
config=10.6.78.11:/images/s10u8_08a/jumpstart,sysid_
config=10.6.78.11:/images/s10u8_08a
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-16/x86.miniroot
After (correct):
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kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-16/multiboot
kernel/amd64/unix install -B install_
media=10.6.78.11:/images/s10u8_08a,console=ttya,install_
config=10.6.78.11:/images/s10u8_08a/jumpstart,sysid_
config=10.6.78.11:/images/s10u8_08a
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-16/amd64/x86.miniroot
46 Sun Fire X4800 Server Product Notes • July 2017