SS20/Solaris 8/external drive

[jmarotta]

Hey Everyone-

I get all the way through on the 4/2001 installation, but when I reboot, the machine tells me that it can't find the right startup files.

Specifically, the screen dump is the following:

Boot device:/iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@2,0 File and args:
bootblk: can't find the boot program
Program terminated
type help for more information
ok

Any input?

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
At the OK prompt,give the command 'boot disk0'.If it still gives some error,then give the command 'devalias'.This shows all the physical device names.Then give the command 'boot <phy device corr. to disk0'.If u still face any problem then reply back.

 

[jmarotta]

NB-

Disk is @ SCSI ID 2, so I have it pointing to the right device. (boot-device = disk2). It seems like another issue.

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
If u r sure that this is the device then u can do one thing :
Boot the system in single user mode using cdrom 'boot cdrom -s'.Then give this command 'installboot /usr/<platform-name>/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/<name of device where root is installed>'.
Just check if this helps...

 

[jmarotta]

Tried that, but no help on reboot, same message.

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
Just asking out of curiosity whether root is on first partition or not....(partition 0)....

 

[jmarotta]

Yup, Slice 0 is root

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
I hope this disk is on internal controller and not on some disk-pack connected to the server.

 

[jmarotta]

Actually, the disk is external to the SS20. Would that represent an issue? I have other boxes setup in the same fashion with no problems.

 

[NavinB]

Well I have seen a few times that if the disk is external to the server then there is problem of booting the server.

 

[NavinB]

Hey if u have the SCSI ID 0 or 1 vacant then move this disk to that and try booting the system.If it boots well then it will solve u'r problem.otherwise we will look around for a solution....

 

[jmarotta]

Moved the external disk to both IDs (0, then 1), with no resolution. Any info you can dig up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!