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Solution Type Problem Resolution Sure Solution 1018097.1 : Problems loading Solaris[TM] on Sun Fire[TM](3800-6800) system with swap > 4GB
PreviouslyPublishedAs 229413 Symptoms Get "illegal instruction" from OBP when installing Solaris 8 on Sun Fire system with swap space greater than 4GB. Resolution This is documented in bugid 4446686 and 4424162. It is due to OBP's disk label package using a 32 bit number for the partition offset instead of a 64 bit number. Since OBP is using a 32 bit number to find the offset of the boot block, the maximum offset from the beginning of the disk that it can read from is 2^^32 bytes, or 4GB. If the boot block in the root filesystem is beyond this value from the beginning of the disk, OBP won't be able to find it. A webstart (installing from the Solaris 'Installation' CD, rather than the 1 of 2 CD) puts swap at the beginning of the disk and root after it, so this becomes an issue if swap is 4GB or greater. Fix is scheduled for OBP 5.11.6 where they will change this to a 64 bit number. Possible workarounds: 1) Install OS off of CD 1 of 2 from the install kit. 2) Install with the default installer with swap starting off anywhere within the 4G boundary. Fix is available in Patch-ID 111346-01 released May/09/2001. Product Sun Fire 6800 Server Sun Fire 3800 Server Solaris Sun Fire 4800 Server Internal Comments Authors: Rick Holmes/John Cecere Previously Published As 26873 Change History Date: 2006-01-19 User Name: 31620 Action: Approved Comment: SSH AUDIT Version: 1 Date: 2006-01-19 User Name: 31620 Action: Update Started Comment: SSH AUDIT Version: 0 Date: 2003-05-20 User Name: Administrator Action: Migration from KMSCreator Comment: updated by : George Bolduc comment : Added (3800-6800) to the title. date : Aug 14, 2001 updated by : George Bolduc comment : Added workarounds and patch ID. date : Jun 4, 2001 updated by : George Bolduc comment : Article created. date : May 10, 2001 updated by : George Bolduc comment : Transferred from the Control Center's website. date : May 10, 2001 updated by : George Bolduc comment : Transferred from the Control Center's website. date : May 10, 2001 Version: 0 Product_uuid 29da7938-0a18-11d6-8a41-9ed1ad6d6779|Sun Fire 6800 Server 29d05214-0a18-11d6-92b2-a111614865b5|Sun Fire 3800 Server 3285bfa4-224e-11d6-8eb3-843d3a923213|Solaris 29d3a694-0a18-11d6-92da-df959df44cdd|Sun Fire 4800 Server Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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