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x86: Adding Driver Updates Might Cause Failure of
Network Conguration (6353146)
Installation of the Solaris 10 OS might fail while you are adding Driver Updates (DU), which are
also known as Install Time Updates (ITU). This error occurs if you are using the GUI to install
the Solaris 10 software. The following message is displayed:
Unable to run cmd: /usr/sbin/sysidput
Workaround: Use either of the following workarounds.
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Workaround 1: Congure the installation to use DHCP to gather network conguration
information.
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Workaround 2: Use a text-based installation method.
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If you are performing the text-based installation in a desktop session, follow these steps.
1. After you have nished adding ITUs, type Ctrl-c instead of typing e.
2. Choose option 3.
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If you specify a serial console to use during the installation, follow these steps.
1. After you have nished adding ITUs, type Ctrl-c instead of typing e.
2. Choose option 4.
x86: Cannot Delete the Solaris Live Upgrade Boot
EnvironmentThat Contains the GRand Unied
Bootloader Menu (6341350)
When you use Solaris Live Upgrade to create boot environments, one of the boot environments
in the system hosts the GRand Unied Bootloader (GRUB) menu. This boot environment
cannot be removed with the ludelete command.
If you attempt to remove the boot environment, the following error message is displayed:
ERROR: The boot environment name-of-boot-environment contains the GRUB menu.
ERROR: You are not allowed to delete this BE.
Unable to delete boot environment.
Workaround: Use either the lumake command or the luupgrade command to reuse this boot
environment. Make the boot environment that contains the GRUB menu the last boot
environment to be deleted.
Upgrade Issues and Bugs
Solaris 10 5/08 Release Notes • April 200844