Either I try to boot from USB bootable drive or from a bootable dvdrom, I am receiving a message ERROR: boot-read fail
{0} ok probe-scsi-all
This command may hang the system if a Stop-A or halt command
has been executed. Please type reset-all to reset the system
before executing this command.
Do you wish to continue? (y/n) y
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/storage@1
Unit 0 Removable Disk KingstonDataTraveler 3.0PMAP
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/hub@3/storage@2
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device AMI Virtual CDROM 1.00
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0
FCode Version 1.00.61, MPT Version 2.00, Firmware Version 9.05.00.00
Target 9
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device TEAC DV-W28SS-W 1.0A
SATA device PhyNum 6
/pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0
FCode Version 1.00.61, MPT Version 2.00, Firmware Version 9.05.00.00
{0} ok
boot /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/storage@1
Boot device: /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/storage@1 File and args:
ERROR: boot-read fail
Boot load failed
{0} ok boot /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/hub@3/storage@2
SPARC T4-1, Keyboard Present
Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.34.3, 15872 MB memory available, Serial #104523236.
Ethernet address 0:10:e0:3a:e5:e4, Host ID: 863ae5e4.
Boot device: /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/hub@3/storage@2 File and args:
ERROR: boot-read fail
Evaluating:
Boot load failed
{0} ok
{0} ok show-disks
a) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/hub@3/storage@2/disk
b) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@f/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@2/storage@1/disk
c) /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk
d) /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk
e) /iscsi-hba/disk
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit:
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk@p6 File and args:
SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.4.0.15.0 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Remounting root read/write
Probing for device nodes ...
Preparing image for use
Done mounting image
Configuring devices.
WARNING: No retained memory, deferred dump not available
Hostname: solaris
Using the default install manifest for installation.
Auto-installer disabled. Enable the auto-installer service
by running the following command:
svcadm enable svc:/application/auto-installer:default
solaris console login:
solaris console login: root
Password:
Oct 25 11:35:50 solaris login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console
Oracle Corporation SunOS 5.11 11.4 Aug 2018
root@solaris:~# svcadm enable svc:/application/auto-installer:default
root@solaris:~#
NOW I AM NOT ABLE TO BOOT FROM DVD FROM A HASH PROMPT
Booting off irrelevant boot devices is not going to help the OP.
The OP has, I assumed, downloaded a ISO and installed it on a USB drive; and the OP wants to boot off of that drive, for example.
The OP is not having a problem booting their machine, it seems to me.
They are having a problem getting the machine to boot off newly created media, in this case a USB stick and something else (sorry, I did not look back at the original post).
I don't think booting off other devices is going to help the OP, at all; since booting the machine is not the problem. The problem is booking off some newly created media the OP created from an ISO file.
@neo............you might be right but I hope that you're not.
The OP said at the start...........
So I assume that s/he was trying to boot anyway that would work. Trying to specify the full bus path is great but prone to error because one character wrong and it doesn't work. Yes, the OP also tried to boot from USB stick. Just giving the boot cdrom command lets the hardware do the work of finding the correct bus path. That proved that the hardware was bootable and not faulty.
The OP then said:
by which I assumed (perhaps incorrectly due to language) was "NOW I AM NOT ABLE TO INSTALL FROM DVD FROM A HASH PROMPT"
and this being caused by trying to login at the "Solaris console login:" prompt and not waiting for the Solaris install routine to start.
When asked to explain the OP said:
which I assumed to mean trying to install Solaris to a newly installed hard disk on this T4-1, so I gave advice to wait for the install routine to start and to totally ignore the console login prompt.
Anyway, I guess we'll both know when the OP posts back, but that was my thinking. You saw it differently.
Got your point. I did it but installer failed with below errors
solaris console login:
Automated Installation started.
The progress of the Automated Installation will be output to the console.
Detailed logging is in the logfile at /system/volatile/install_log.
Press RETURN to get a login prompt at any time.
11:03:27 Install Log: /system/volatile/install_log
11:03:27 Using XML Manifest: /system/volatile/ai.xml
11:03:27 Using profile specification: /system/volatile/profile
11:03:27 Starting installation.
11:03:27 0% Preparing for Installation
11:03:27 100% manifest-parser completed.
11:03:27 0% Preparing for Installation
11:03:28 1% Preparing for Installation
11:03:28 2% Preparing for Installation
11:03:28 3% Preparing for Installation
11:03:28 4% Preparing for Installation
11:03:28 8% install-env-configuration completed.
11:03:45 24% target-discovery completed.
11:03:45 Selected Disk(s) : c1t5000C5000ACF77FDd0 (SYS/HDD1)
11:03:45 30% target-selection completed.
11:03:45 33% ai-configuration completed.
11:03:45 35% var-share-dataset completed.
11:04:02 36% target-instantiation completed.
11:04:02 36% Beginning IPS transfer
11:04:02 Creating IPS image
11:04:03 Error occurred during execution of 'generated-transfer-680-1' checkpoint.
11:04:03 Failed Checkpoints:
11:04:03 generated-transfer-680-1
11:04:03 Checkpoint execution error:
11:04:03 Invalid pkg(7) response from http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release: Attempting operation 'versions' version 0:
11:04:03 InvalidContentException while parsing response
11:04:03 Automated Installation Failed. See install log at /system/volatile/install_log
Automated Installation failed.
Please refer to the /system/volatile/install_log file for details.
Oct 28 11:04:04 solaris svc.startd[11]: application/auto-installer:default failed fatally: transitioned to maintenance (see 'svcs -xv' for details)
Currently I am triggering this command boot cdrom - install.
What may be the command which can restrict a local install ? (means directing the command to local media i.e., cdrom or USB instead of going to internet/oracle website)
I just checked this out and it appears that you may need to download and burn a different DVD for "text install" of Solaris 11.4 in order to avoid getting involved with AI (Automated Installation).