Flash Archive Problem

From: Iain Miller (iainonthemove@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 12:36:38 EDT


Hi Folks,

I built a v210 manually from cd. Solaris version is 9 4/04 and I did
a full developer install. On completion of the install I generated a
flash archive using the flarcreate command. I then used this flash
archive to jumpstart other various v210s, v240s and v440s. However
when I try to install any other v880 or 280R using the same
flasharchive I get the following error when the system reboots after
completing what appears to be a succesfull install.

Sun Fire 280R (UltraSPARC-III+) , No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.5, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #51563495.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:f2:cf:e7, Host ID: 83f2cfe7.

Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cf7f271c,0:a
 File and args:
SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_117171-05 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Cannot assemble drivers for root
/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cf7f271c,0:a
Cannot mount root on
/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cf7f271c,0:a fstype ufs

panic[cpu0]/thread=140a000: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root

0000000001409970 genunix:vfs_mountroot+70 (0, 0, 0, 200, 1457ee0, 0)
  %l0-3: 000000000144b800 000000000144b800 0000000000002000 0000000001495168
  %l4-7: 000000000149ac00 0000000001411e28 000000000144c000 000000000144f400
0000000001409a20 genunix:main+90 (1409ba0, f005a4d8, 1409ec0, 34c648, 2000, 400)
  %l0-3: 0000000000000001 000000000140a000 0000000001412f98 0000000000000000
  %l4-7: 0000000078002000 000000000034e000 00000000014a34c8 00000000010664b8

skipping system dump - no dump device configured
rebooting...
Resetting ...

the system then keeps looping until I break it. The only difference I
can see is that the first systems are Sparc IIIi's and the 280/880 are
Sparc III but I believed that this shouldn't cause a problem. Anyone
else had any similar experiences?

Thanks for any input, I will summarize.

Iain M
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