Technical data

Note – Solaris Live Upgrade does not allow the last boot environment to be deleted. Nor can the
boot environment that contains the GRUB menu be deleted. Therefore, if the last boot
environment also contains the GRUB menu, then you can delete all other boot environments if
needed.
Solaris Live Upgrade luupgrade Command Missing the
Progress Bar (6239850)
The upgrade progress bar does not appear when you use the Solaris Live Upgrade software in
the following manner:
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You use the Solaris 10 5/08 CD media to upgrade the OS.
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You upgrade a boot environment by using the luupgrade command with the following
options:
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-i to install from the CD media
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-O “-nodisplay -noconsole” to run the installer on the second CD in text mode and
without user interaction
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You are upgrading to the Solaris 10 5/08 software from the following releases:
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Solaris 9 release
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Solaris 10 release
For example, if you run the following command, the progress bar should be displayed after you
see the following output:
Running installer on BE s10u1.
However, the bar fails to appear.
# luupgrade -i -n s10u1 -s /net/installsrv/export/s10u1
-O "-nodisplay -noconsole"
Validating the contents of the media /net/installsvr/export/s10u1.
The media is a standard Solaris media.
The media contains a standard Solaris installer.
The media contains Solaris 3 version 10.
Mounting BE s10u1.
Running installer on BE s10u1.
No error message is displayed.
Workaround: Use the prstat command. This command enables you to watch the progress
while packages are being added during the installation.
Upgrade Issues and Bugs
Chapter 1 • Installation Issues 45