# [OmniOS-discuss] Can't reinstall OmniOS on CF drive

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Fri Mar 29 02:47:23 EDT 2013

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    I have similar problem installing into memory stick (tried 4 gb & 12gb)

    Installer tries to create rpool/swap 732,606249809m, but fails with
    error: volume size must be multiple of volume block size
    Tried both stable & bloody

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/screenshotfrom201303281.png/
    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/screenshotfrom201303281.png/

    Regards
    illukas

    On 28.03.2013 19:12, Theo Schlossnagle wrote:
    > Can you please try using Kayak? It's a much more flexible install tool.
    >
    > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Kent Watsen <kent at watsen.net
    > <mailto:kent at watsen.net>> wrote:
    >
    >
    >     I'm stumped.   Here's everything I've tried so far:
    >
    >     1. installing into a partition instead of "whole disk".  Works
    >     fine in VirtualBox but fails on the real disk
    >
    >     2. resetting the drive's geometry.  Had to use Linux to do this,
    >     but OmniOS reverted it back to its original values
    >
    >     3. manually creating the rpool/swap volume.  After the failure, I
    >     escape to shell.  Sure enough, "3230.54765606m" fails but "3230m"
    >     succeeds (too bad I can't tell the installer to use this value
    >     instead)
    >
    >     4. traced the installer's code per the stack trace.  Honestly, I
    >     wish instantiation.py wouldn't try to create swap at all - being a
    >     compact flash disk, I'm going to move swap (and dump, etc) to my
    >     raidz2-based pool afterwards anyways...
    >
    >     5. installed OpenIndiana.  Yes, it installed fine.  After it
    >     installed, I escaped to shell and saw it had chosen different
    >     sizes for the various ZFS volumes.  Then I tried installing OmniOS
    >     again, hoping that something OI had done would stick, but no dice
    >
    >     Why won't OmniOS install on this CF disk again?  - I'm using the
    >     same OmniOS install CD as before.  Could a BIOS setting make a
    >     difference (it's currently set to LBA)?   The only other thing I
    >     can think of is that the CF disk now has some blocks marked
    >     unusable.  But SMART info says that's not the case and I compared
    >     it to another identical 8GB CF disk and they're the same (two
    >     disks both marking the same number of blocks bad seems improbable)
    >
    >     Right now, the only way I can imagine getting OmniOS installed is
    >     by hacking the installer itself.  Actually, I tried already but
    >     file was read-only.  Didn't investigate enough to see if I could
    >     change that.  Worst case, I suppose I could mount the ISO, twiddle
    >     some bits, and burn another CD, but I'm hoping someone has a
    >     better idea...anyone?
    >
    >     Thanks,
    >     Kent
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >     On 3/25/13 7:56 PM, Kent Watsen wrote:
    >
    >
    >         I have a machine whose root disk is a 8GB CF.  I installed
    >         OmniOS on this drive a few weeks ago, but it won't let me do
    >         it  again now (see install_log below). The one crazy thing I
    >         see is that it's trying to create a volume with a size of
    >         "3230.54765606m" - which seems like a peculiar fraction to be
    >         passing into `zfs create`
    >
    >         How could it be that I could install 'stable' on this drive
    >         before and now, using the exact same OmniOS install CD, it
    >         won't let me? Any ideas how to clear or circumvent the issue?
    >
    >         Thanks,
    >         Kent
    >
    >
    >         2013-03-25 16:16:56,393   InstallationLogger INFO **** START ****
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:100 TargetDiscovery completed.
    >         2013-03-25 16:17:30,672   InstallationLogger INFO Going to
    >         perform final validation of desired target
    >         2013-03-25 16:17:30,697   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
    >         Opening keyboard device: /dev/kbd
    >         2013-03-25 16:17:30,698   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
    >         Detected following current keyboard layout: US-English
    >         2013-03-25 16:17:30,698   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
    >         console type: Physical Console
    >         2013-03-25 16:17:40,684   InstallationLogger.sysconfig INFO
    >         Configuring NIC as: none
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,022   InstallationLogger INFO Installation
    >         Device Size: 7.58gbMB
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,022   InstallationLogger INFO Minimum
    >         required size: 2.12gb
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,022   InstallationLogger INFO Recommended
    >         size: 4.12gb
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,023   InstallationLogger INFO Swap type: ZVOL
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,024   InstallationLogger INFO Swap size:
    >         3.15gb
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,024   InstallationLogger INFO Dump type: ZVOL
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:00,024   InstallationLogger INFO Dump size:
    >         807.00mb
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:100 PrepareTransfer completed.
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:0 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:1 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:1 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:1 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:2 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:2 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:2 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:3 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:3 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:3 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:4 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:4 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:4 Preparing for Installation
    >         PROGRESS REPORT: progress percent:5 VarSharedDataset completed.
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:07,955   InstallationLogger ERROR  cannot
    >         create 'rpool/swap': volume size must be a multiple of volume
    >         block size
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:07,956   InstallationLogger ERROR  Error
    >         occurred during execution of 'TargetInitialization' checkpoint.
    >         Traceback (most recent call last):
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/engine/__init__.py",
    >         line 828, in _execute_checkpoints
    >             checkpoint.execute(dry_run)
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/target/instantiation.py",
    >         line 410, in execute
    >             self.create_swap()
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/target/instantiation.py",
    >         line 205, in create_swap
    >             swap.create(self.dry_run)
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/target/logical.py",
    >         line 723, in create
    >             logger=ILN, env={"LC_ALL": "C"})
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/__init__.py",
    >         line 331, in check_call
    >             raise CalledProcessError(popen.returncode, args, popen)
    >         CalledProcessError: Command '['/usr/sbin/zfs', 'create', '-p',
    >         '-V', '3230.54765606m', 'rpool/swap']' returned unexpected
    >         exit status 1
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:07,970   InstallationLogger ERROR  Checkpoint
    >         TargetInitialization failed
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:07,970   InstallationLogger ERROR  Command
    >         '['/usr/sbin/zfs', 'create', '-p', '-V', '3230.54765606m',
    >         'rpool/swap']' returned unexpected exit status 1
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:08,213   InstallationLogger ERROR  Install
    >         FAILED.
    >         Traceback (most recent call last):
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/text_install/ti_install.py",
    >         line 336, in perform_ti_install
    >             do_ti_install(install_data, screen, update_status_func)
    >           File
    >         "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/solaris_install/text_install/ti_install.py",
    >         line 270, in do_ti_install
    >             raise ti_utils.InstallationError("Failed executing
    >         checkpoints")
    >         InstallationError: Failed executing checkpoints
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:16,549   InstallationLogger INFO User quit
    >         the installer.
    >         2013-03-25 12:17:16,549   InstallationLogger INFO **** END ****
    >
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    >
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