Oracle Sun Fire X4470M2 Product Notes page 50

Known Open Issues
Bug ID
16517092
18156539
50 Sun Server X2-4 (formerly Sun Fire X4470 M2) Product Notes • September 2018
Description
■ Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
■ All Sun Server X2-4 Software Releases
Workaround:
There is currently no workaround.
Oracle Linux OS fails to boot occasionally.
Issue:
When using Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant to prepare the selected disk for Oracle Linux
operating system (OS) installation, you need to exit from Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant,
then reboot Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant into the prepared disk to complete the installation.
Occasionally the installation process stops and this error message appears: "Missing Operating
System." This issue occurs very infrequenctly, in approximately less than five percent of Oracle
Linux installation attempts that use Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant to prepare the disk.
Affected Software:
■ Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
■ Oracle Linux 6.4 and 5.9
Workaround:
After you exit from Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant, you need to reboot into Oracle Hardware
Installation Assistant to complete the OS installation. You can launch Oracle Hardware Installation
Assistant using either local or remote media. If you are using remote media, launch Oracle Hardware
Installation Assistant from a virtual CD/DVD using remote keyboard, video, mouse (RKVM)
through the server's service processor, or a PXE network boot image. To ensure that Oracle Hardware
Installation Assistant launches, verify that the respective networks are setup correctly, depending on
the launch method you choose. Then, launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant and complete
the disk preparation step.
Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant GUI fails to launch occasionally.
Issue:
When launching Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant, the application's graphical user interface
(GUI) occasionally fails to appear. This issue occurs very infrequently, in approximately less than
five percent of the attempts to launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant.
Affected Software:
■ Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant
Workaround:
You can launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant using either local or remote media. If you are
using remote media, launch Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant from a virtual CD/DVD using
remote keyboard, video, mouse (RKVM) through the server's service processor or a PXE network
boot image. To ensure that Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant launches, verify that the repsective
networks are setup correctly, depending on the launch method you choose. Then, launch Oracle
Hardware Installation Assistant.