View Single Post

   
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 05-02-2008, 05:00 AM
usenetpersongerryt@gmail.com
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: reformatted disk won't install solaris 10

On Apr 29, 7:51 am, "leona...@sympatico.ca" <leona...@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
> On a V880 we have a root disk c0t0d0

Ill take your word on that c0 bit
> We sliced it using format from boot cdrom -s on sol 10U5
> Slice 0 starts at cylinder 0 swap starts about cylinder 10500 and is 4
> Gb in size. When we try to install sol10U5 we
> consistently get stopped at the end of the prompting and the beginning
> of the installation at
> Could not reinitialize system state
> mkdir "a/var/sadm/laucher" Read only filesystem
> Any ideas

So little to go on
Sounds like you are using a non-Sun disk??
Just label the disk, quit and start the install over again.
Reply With Quote