Technical data
1. Type e to edit your selected Solaris entry.
2. Navigate to the line that begins with kernel.
3. Type e to switch to the GRUB edit mode.
4. Append -kd to the line.
5. Press Enter to accept the change.
6. Type b to boot the selected Solaris entry.
7. At the kbmd prompt, type the following command:
use_mp/W 0 :c
8. If you are performing a system boot, proceed to Step 10, otherwise install the Solaris 10
5/08 software.
9. At the end of the installation, reboot the system. Repeat steps 1 through 7.
10. To make this change permanent so that the above steps do not need to be repeated for
subsequent boots, do the following:
Become the super user, when the system boot is completed.
11. Open the /etc/system le.
12. Add the following line:
set use_mp = 0
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Workaround 5: Disable microcode update. Type the following command:
# mv /platform/i86pc/ucode /platform/i86pc/ucode.disabled
Microcode update can be invoked manually after the system is up:
# ucodeadm -u /platform/i86pc/ucode.disabled/intel-ucode.txt
zoneadm install Fails With a ZFS Legacy Mount
(6449301)
If a non-global zone is initially congured with a ZFS le system to be mounted with theadd
fs subcommand and species mountpoint=legacy, the subsequent zone installation fails. The
following error message is displayed.
ERROR: No such file or directory:
cannot mount </zones/path/root/usr/local> in non-global zone to install:
the source block device or directory </path/local> cannot be accessed
Workaround: Add access to a ZFS le system after installing the non-global zone.
File Systems
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