Boot Load failed

[SteveG99]

I'm running Solaris 2.5.1....

System was working fine, then locked up had to reboot
Now system will not boot error as follows.....

Boot device: disk:a file and args:

Boot Load failed.
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.

I booted to cdrom, and was able to mount the disk
Not sure how to fix, any info would be great.

-TIA

-Steve

 

[nawlej]

take the system down to the ok prompt, from there you should be able to run a fsck on all of your ufs filesystems. I would see if something got mangled when it hung....or, you might want to try to mount /var/adm/ and take a peek at your messages file for disk problems. You should be able to run fsck from the booted cdrom too.

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[morse]--... ...--[/morse], Eric.

 

[tuka]

Document ID: 11800
Title: boot load fails under Solaris[TM] Operating system
Synopsis: boot load fails under Solaris[TM] Operating system
Update Date: Mon Apr 19 00:00:00 MDT 2004


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Keyword(s):boot, load, illegal instruction, failed

Problem Statement Top

Boot load fails with illegal instruction.

Resolution Top

Most likely, the boot block is corrupt.

Follow these steps:

1. Issue the following command, based on your Boot Prom revision:

For a 1.x (older) Boot Prom: > b sd(0,6,2) -sw

For a 2.x (newer) Boot Prom: ok boot cdrom -sw

2. Change directory as follows:

# cd /usr/platform/SUN4u/lib/fs/ufs

3. If your root (/) filesystem is on controller 0 (c0, the first SCSI
processor), on the disk set to SCSI target 3 (t3), on
slice/partition 0 (s0), then issue the command:

# /usr/sbin/installboot bootblk /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0

If your situation is different, modify the command accordingly.

4. Halt the system with the command:

# halt

5. Reboot the system with the following command:

For a 1.x (older) Boot Prom: > b

For a 2.x (newer) Boot Prom: ok boot









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[SteveG99]

tuka:
Tried it but did not work.
Is it suppose to say something? I just get a # prompt after I type # /usr/sbin/installboot bootblk /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0/
Does it write to the Disk?
Still get same message. I did a printenv and shows...
boot-device = disk:a disk net ---is this correct?
Anymore suggestions?

 

[nawlej]

did you try to fsck your disks?

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[morse]--... ...--[/morse], Eric.

 

[SteveG99]

nawlej:
Yes, I did fsck on the disk came up with no errors???

 

[daFranze]

try the following:

switch off host
press STOP and N on the keyboard (keep pressed)
switch on host (or ask a colleague if you are not an inkfish ;-) )

when OBP writes something like "STOP-N pressed, resetting to defaults" release the STOP-N

if the system stops booting just enter 'boot'

any changes?



Best Regards, Franz
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Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years