init (1M) Error on startup.

[gjandrews35]

I am getting this error upon boot up of a Ultra60
running Solaris10.

WARNING: init (1M) exited on fatal signal 9:
restarting automatically

and it never gets beyond that. It just keeps displaying
that error over and over....

I can boot from a CD with no problem. But then I don't
know what to look for or how to fix this problem.

 

[bfitzmai]

Something about your boot process is causing the OS to send a kill -9 to the process init. How far into the boot process are you getting? Can you boot to Single User (boot -s)? Has this Ultra 60 previously been working or is this a fresh install?

 

[gjandrews35]

It does not get very far in the boot process.
It gets as far as ..

Initializing Memory
Rebooting with command: boot -s
Boot device: ....
SunOS Release 5.10 ....
Use it subject to license terms.

And thats it before the unceasing WARNING.

No it will not boot with either 'boot' or 'boot -s'

Yes the Ultra 60 was working prior to me doing a
shutdown -y -go -i6



Is there a log of some kind that is created during
the boot process ?

 

[bfitzmai]

Yes there is a log... Some of the boot process should be captured in /var/adm/messages.

 

[gkout]

Check dmesg too.

 

[bfitzmai]

Would be difficult to check dmesg when the system will not reboot... You will have to boot to CD and mount /var to get to /var/adm/messages. Let me know what you find. While you are booted to CD and have the root partition mounted, compare the size of /sbin/init with the one on CD. If you have another workstation running Solaris 10, compare the file /etc/inittab to see if there are any changes.

Bruce

 

[gjandrews35]

I have checked both /var/adm/messages[.0-1] and
dmesg. Neither reveal anything, messages just shows
the host going down on a signal 15. dmesg just reports
a date/time stamp.

I have looked at init on the host and the one on the CD.
They are both the same 48,984.

Would it help if I moved/renamed inittab ? Unfortunately this is the only Sol10 host I have.

 

[bfitzmai]

The /etc/inittab is needed during the boot process. I am sure by now, you have done a fsck on the root file system. At this point, I would capture any non-file system data you have on the Ultra 60 and start from scratch. I would format the hard drive before the fresh install.

Bruce

 

[gjandrews35]

Ah well I had hoped that I would not have to do that.
Thats so Windoze...

In any case the re-install is under way..

How would I find out the dependencies of "init" ?
ie what files/libraries etc.. make up init ?

GJA

 

[coffeysm]

ldd?