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DHCP install from network fails with "Mountroot failed"

  • 19-01-2006 2:31pm
    #1
    laoisfan
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    I am attempting to install solaris-10 from the network using DHCP. however, it is failing with "Mountroot failed".

    Any ideas?

    Have done a GOOGLE, seen a few threads but no definitive answers!!


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  • #2
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    How did you set up your jumpstart server?
    Is it a Solaris 9/10 machine or something else?
    Sparc or Intel (both client and server) ?
    What parts succeed before mountroot fails?

    NiallB


  • #3
    laoisfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭laoisfan



    jumpstart server was already configued and several installs successfully completed this morning and all of last week.

    it is an x86 PC with Windows 2003 Server on one partition and Solaris 10 on the other. I am attempting to install what will become the FCS version of Solaris 10.

    i suspect it may be my ethernet card.....someone told me some types do not support these type of installs....maybe.....

    did attempt to install through dvd-cd but kept getting time outs with it....


  • #4
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    Ethernet card sounds likely.
    What kind is it?
    Is it PXE or another boot prom?

    Can you swap the network card conveniently?

    NiallB


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