Re: Unrecognized magic number in media label
On 10/28/20 11:12 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> Everything seems to just work fine. Until reboot wherein I see :
>
> Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a File and args:
> Unrecognized magic number in media label
> Can't open disk label package
> Evaluating: boot
>
> Can't open boot device
>
> ok
>
> I am guessing that my mistake was to use a gpt label on the boot disk
> and the old firmware on this test Netra machine can only grok a sun
> label. Just a guess. Let me know if this seems reasonable.
Yes, GPT is supported on SPARC T4 and newer only.
Normally, when you use automatic partioning, the installer should detect
whether your machine supports GPT and if not, use a Sun-based partition
layout.
Adrian
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