vold dumps core with sol-10-u6-ga1-sparc-dvd.iso

[Database Administrator]

I have an Ultra 60 running Solaris 10 5/08 with recent patches. When
I inserted the sol-10-u6-ga1-sparc-dvd.iso DVD, vold dumps core. It
works correctly with the x86 DVD or the companion CD. I burned the
DVD with a burner that I trust. The ISO file has the correct checksum.
I can mount it with `lofiadm'. The problem seems to be with vold and
that specific DVD. Here's what `mdb' tells me:

# mdb /usr/sbin/vold /core
Loading modules: [ libsysevent.so.1 libnvpair.so.1 libc.so.1 ld.so.1 ]
> ::status
debugging core file of vold (32-bit) from S0106080020b3a84b
file: /usr/sbin/vold
initial argv: /usr/sbin/vold -f /etc/vold.conf
threading model: multi-threaded
status: process terminated by SIGSEGV (Segmentation Fault)
> ::stack
libc.so.1`strlen+0x18(408450a5, 0, 0, 9ffb0, 600, 180)
read_slices+0x114(9e8e0, b, 9fde0, feebfd34, 1, 5)
read_hsfs_partition+0x88(b, 46c00, 6d0000, 2c, 34400, 1010101)
read_partition+0x30(9e8e0, 341a4, 3, 34000, 34400, 9)
create_top_partition+0x140(73f98, 73fdc, 73f98, 9e8e0, ffffffff, b)
0x265e0(800032, feebff9c, c, 5aea0, 73f98, ffffffff)
create_medium+0x74(800032, feebff9c, 20, 32, 47800, c)
0x2232c(5c998, 0, 0, 800032, 20, 33000)
libc.so.1`_lwp_start(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
> ^D

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-Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking-

[Database Administrator]

On Nov 1, 10:10*am, Gary Mills wrote:
> I have an Ultra 60 running Solaris 10 5/08 with recent patches. *When
> I inserted the sol-10-u6-ga1-sparc-dvd.iso DVD, vold dumps core. *It

I had the same experience with a Blade 1500. However, the DVD boots
and my upgrade went fine from it.

[Database Administrator]

In <080f4bee-7d46-4c5a-808b-af6131ca4dc6@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com> evanstimk@gmail.com writes:

>On Nov 1, 10:10=A0am, Gary Mills wrote:
>> I have an Ultra 60 running Solaris 10 5/08 with recent patches. =A0When
>> I inserted the sol-10-u6-ga1-sparc-dvd.iso DVD, vold dumps core. =A0It

>I had the same experience with a Blade 1500. However, the DVD boots
>and my upgrade went fine from it.

I'm upgrading from the ISO image. It looks as if vold is broken.

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-Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and Networking-

[Database Administrator]

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Gary Mills wrote:

> In <080f4bee-7d46-4c5a-808b-af6131ca4dc6@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com> evanstimk@gmail.com writes:
>
>> On Nov 1, 10:10=A0am, Gary Mills wrote:
>>> I have an Ultra 60 running Solaris 10 5/08 with recent patches. =A0When
>>> I inserted the sol-10-u6-ga1-sparc-dvd.iso DVD, vold dumps core. =A0It
>
>> I had the same experience with a Blade 1500. However, the DVD boots
>> and my upgrade went fine from it.
>
> I'm upgrading from the ISO image. It looks as if vold is broken.

The same here with an Ultra45, an sb2k and several server-type systems.
For those willing to investigate, there was an excellent tutorial related
to older (2004) problems with vold here:
http://blogs.sun.com/ace/entry/mdb_a...illing_sigsegv

*sigh*

Vincent

[Database Administrator]

Replying to my own post.. It's in the release notes:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-5245

[...]
Solaris 10 10/08 DVD Media Might Not be Automatically Mounted by vold
(6712352)
Workaround: Perform the following steps:
1.
Become superuser.
2.
Disable vold:
[...]

The bug id is here:

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6712352
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6730240

I have not tested another DVD since I just upgraded to 10/08 but from what
I gather, it may not be limited to -only- the U6 DVD media but might also
affect other DVDs..

*sigh*

Vincent

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, vsc04.contact.NOSPAM@NOSPAM.cojot.name wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Gary Mills wrote:
>
>> In <080f4bee-7d46-4c5a-808b-af6131ca4dc6@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com>
>> evanstimk@gmail.com writes:
>>
>> > On Nov 1, 10:10=A0am, Gary Mills wrote:
>> > > I have an Ultra 60 running Solaris 10 5/08 with recent patches.
>> > > =A0When
>> > > I inserted the sol-10-u6-ga1-sparc-dvd.iso DVD, vold dumps core. =A0It
>>
>> > I had the same experience with a Blade 1500. However, the DVD boots
>> > and my upgrade went fine from it.
>>
>> I'm upgrading from the ISO image. It looks as if vold is broken.
>
> The same here with an Ultra45, an sb2k and several server-type systems. For
> those willing to investigate, there was an excellent tutorial related to
> older (2004) problems with vold here:
> http://blogs.sun.com/ace/entry/mdb_a...illing_sigsegv
>
> *sigh*
>
> Vincent