On 21.03.17 11:25, Nikola M  <[email protected]> wrote: 
> 
> On 03/21/17 10:55 AM, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> >
> >On 27.02.17 08:42, Alexander Pyhalov <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>Hello, guys.
> >>
> >>Please take the notice that fixes on illumos loader did reveal additional 
> >>issues, resulted in inability to boot after updating Openindiana Hipster on 
> >>MBR disk installs.
> >>Problem with booting is solved updating to OI hipster osnet-incorporation 
> >>0.5.11-2017.0.0.16205 (2017-02-25_1202) with system/boot/loader 
> >>1.1-2017.0.0.16205 (2017-02-25_1228) and onwards and reinstalling boot 
> >>blocks.
> >>
> >>Here are some additional technical information and explanations of what 
> >>additional issues were:
> >> - The boot programs written into disk boot block areas are read into 
> >> memory based on recorded boot program sizes, since the MBR boot record is 
> >> not updated by "pkg update" in case of MBR setups, the boot process will 
> >> not read the gptzfsboot fully into the memory. This is problem with 
> >> installboot command.
> >> - The loader partition reading code was built using optimized data 
> >> sharing, assuming only one partition is "open" at the time. Unfortunately 
> >> in case of ZFS this assumption is not true and as an result, the disk read 
> >> validation checks did invalidate the IO requests.
> >>
> >>Both issues are now identified, proper updates are available and the 
> >>package updates are available in Openindiana Hipster package repository. 
> >>Instructions below are provided, to perform the update, while avoiding the 
> >>issues.
> >>
> >>The second issue is about the implementation specific details inside the 
> >>loader and updated binaries which implement the fix, once updated binaries 
> >>are installed, so no other special activities are needed.
> >>
> >>The installboot problem is more complicated. The installboot command update 
> >>implements MBR update, to make MBR boot code able to read and load the 
> >>partition boot record, and only record gptzfsboot location and size in 
> >>partition boot record.
> >>As "pkg update" will always cause partition boot record to be updated, this 
> >>change means that gptzfsboot will always be read using correct size. The 
> >>complication is about the fact that we can not enforce MBR update 
> >>automatically, and the MBR update has to be performed by the operator. The 
> >>secondary complication is about the fact that patched installboot command 
> >>is available only in updated BE, meaning that bootblock update has to be 
> >>performed twice.
> >>
> >>Who is affected:
> >>Fresh installs with 20161030 OI hipster snapshot usb/ISO using MBR 
> >>partition/slice install, using illumos loader
> >>Who is not affected:
> >> Older 20160421 usb/ISO and earlier installs still using GRUB1
> >> Full-disk installs and GPT installs for rpool.
> >>
> >>How problem appears:
> >>Problem appears by issuing regular 'pkg update ' procedure, with affect of 
> >>having unbootable system after update and restart.
> >>
> >>Workaround1 is done right after update, before reboot, so you don't 
> >>experience any inability of boot after update, so that nothing happens if 
> >>you reinstall loader upon update and BEFORE restart.
> >>Workaround2 is there if you already restarted after update and you have 
> >>unbootable system.
> >>
> >>Workaround1:
> >>Bootblock update has to be performed twice, after regular pkg update and 
> >>before reboot and after reboot again.
> >>
> >> -find the name of your new active updated BE:
> >>$ beadm list
> >>--
> >>oi-hipster-87 R / 36.8G static 2017-02-25 19:07
> >>
> >> -mount new BE into /mnt dir, so we can install new loader into MBR: 
> >> (assume root privileges by su, sudo or pfexec)
> >>$ pfexec bash
> >># beadm mount oi-hipster-87 /mnt
> >>
> >>
> >> -Install new illumos loader from new BE into MBR to be able to boot from 
> >> HD again:
> >># bootadm install-bootloader -MfvR /mnt
> >>
> >>
> >It is the intented behaviour here that grub stuff is installed here? :
> >
> ># beadm mount hipster-2017.16257 /a
> >Mounted successfully on: '/a'
> >
> ># bootadm install-bootloader -MfvR /a
> >be_do_installboot: device mirror-0
> >be_do_installboot: device c4t0d0s0
> > Command: "/sbin/installgrub -F -m -f //boot/grub/stage1 //boot/grub/stage2 
> > /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s0"
> > Output:
> >stage2 written to partition 0, 281 sectors starting at 50 (abs 32180)
> >stage1 written to partition 0 sector 0 (abs 32130)
> >stage1 written to master boot sector
> >be_do_installboot: device c4t1d0s0
> > Command: "/sbin/installgrub -F -m -f //boot/grub/stage1 //boot/grub/stage2 
> > /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0"
> > Output:
> >stage2 written to partition 0, 281 sectors starting at 50 (abs 32180)
> >stage1 written to partition 0 sector 0 (abs 32130)
> >stage1 written to master boot sector
> 
> You should only do beadm / bootadm operations from new BW with loader, not 
> from the old BE with grub, but new one with loader.
> 
> If not installing illumos loader, grub is kept being used, so do reinstall 
> loader once booted into new, loader BE.
> 
> See https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/MBR+reinstall+after+illumos+loader+update 
> / 
> https://www.openindiana.org/2017/02/27/issues-with-loader-leading-to-unbootable-systems/
>  
> 
> Also, only way to boot previous (GRUB) BE's after installing illumos loader
> is to firstly select BE in loader menu (options 6, 3 and number of BE then 
> 1), Hitting ESC (or beadm activate <ba-name> zfs:rpool ) and:
> ok load -t rootfs /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive
> ok boot
> 
> OR once booted into new, illumos loader BE, you can mount GRUB BE (beadm 
> mount <ba-name> /mnt )
> and install loader into older BE (pkg -R /mnt install loader)
> so you can select older BE in loader and just boot.
> 
> Just make sure not to use beadm / bootadm commands in older, GRUB BE.
> 
> 
The old BE is a loader BE also, but this with the MBR problem where I chatted 
with tsoome at 23.02.

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