Boot Problem

[shorty545]

shorty545 (IS/IT--Management) 17 Aug 06 17:19
I'm new to the Sun world and have found myself in a tight spot. I have a Sun V240, someone accidently wiped the /etc directory. Therefore I cannot boot. I need to recover the data, but I cannot find a way to get into the drive. I do not understand why there is no video card installed as well as no cd-rom. Again I'm new.

Is there a way to try and recover the data through the mgt interface or the iLO? Or how can I boot to a LiveCD of some sort? Will the box recognize a USB CD-ROM drive to boot from?

How is it possible to rebuild the box without a video card, cdrom, keyboard or mouse inputs?

Thanks,

 

[shorty545]

I have no sun keyboard. The box does not have an input for it, unless it should use usb.

I can the mgt port via hyperterminal.

 

[coffeysm]

V240 use USB mice and keyboards.

Check out this link it might help you:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://solaris-x86.org/documents/tutorials/jsinstall.mhtml[/URL]

 

[kHz]

Even if a keyboard could be hooked up, there still isn't any way to fix the problem.

Yes you can use x86 for jumpstart.

 

[shorty545]

Thanks...I continued this into a new topic since a new question was asked.

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