[Aurora-sparc-user] error trying to load aurora

[Bob Bownes]

When I try to load aurora on a sun4m (netboot), I get 4 errors about disk 
geometry, it acts like it is going to work, then I get an unrecoverable 
error. pdb gives me:



Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1169, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, 
in run
    dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 
171, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 
239, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py", line 44, 
in findRootParts
    id.rootParts = findExistingRoots(intf, id, chroot)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py", line 75, 
in findExistingRoots
    upgradeany = upgradeany)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/partedUtils.py", line 
609, in findExistingRootPartitions
    for fs in fsset.getFStoTry(dev):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 2413, 
in getFStoTry
    if isValidXFS(device):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 2340, 
in isValidXFS
    fd = getDevFD(device)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.0.2//usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 2316, 
in getDevFD
    isys.makeDevInode(device, file)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 394, in makeDevInode
    _isys.mkdevinode(name, fn)
SystemError: (2, 'No such file or directory')

> /usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py(394)makeDevInode()
-> _isys.mkdevinode(name, fn)
(Pdb)


ideas?

Thanks,Bob
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