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How to make a bootable disk?
Post 302102748 by pondlife on Friday 12th of January 2007 11:20:17 AM
01-12-2007
Just tried the boot again with no success.
I tried the probe-scsi command to make sure that I was trying to boot from the right partition but it complained and error'd until I restarted the box.
Anyway, I tried to the following command:
OK> boot disk2:0
Then a few minutes later it compained heavily. I couldn't catch all the information because I was on the console but it said stuff like:
"cannot assemble drivers for root"
"trying to mount vfs"
"kernel panic" - followed by lots of numbers...
I'm surprised that it mentioned vfs because I thought I was using ufs...
I tried the probe-scsi command to make sure that I was trying to boot from the right partition but it complained and error'd until I restarted the box.
Anyway, I tried to the following command:
OK> boot disk2:0
Then a few minutes later it compained heavily. I couldn't catch all the information because I was on the console but it said stuff like:
"cannot assemble drivers for root"
"trying to mount vfs"
"kernel panic" - followed by lots of numbers...
I'm surprised that it mentioned vfs because I thought I was using ufs...
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bttape
bttape(8) System Manager's Manual bttape(8) NAME
bttape - Bootable Tape Creation utility SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/sysman bttape [-ui cui | gui [-display displayname] ] OPTIONS
Specifies the user interface to be invoked. The choices are: Invokes the command line interface. Invokes the graphical user interface. Specific command line options that will be used to interact. DESCRIPTION
The Bootable Tape Creation utility is used by the system administrator to create a bootable system image, that consists of a standalone kernel and copies of specified file systems. This standalone kernel is known as a miniroot and contains the requirements for a minimal operating system. In the event of a crash recovery, the system administrator can boot and restore file systems from the bootable system image by using the btextract(8) utility. During the creation of the bootable system image, you are prompted for the kernel name, the tape device, and the type of miniroot file sys- tem, that is, a memory file system or disk partition to be used for the bootable tape image. You are also prompted for the pathname of the Miniroot Append file, which lets you specify which additional files or directories should be included in the miniroot. The size of the Miniroot Append file should not exceed 360KB. You are also prompted for the pathname of the File System Backup File which defines which file systems are backed up to tape. Each line of this file specifies one file system by its device name, mount point, and type of file system. The bttape(8) utility provides for the creation and modification of these files. The bttape command has two user interface options: Graphical user interface (GUI) Command line interface (CUI) Online help is available for the bttape application. To get help, select any Help button or use the Help pull-down menu. Running the Graphical User Interface Option: The bttape application can be invoked from: The CDE Application Manager Application Group: System_Admin System Admin SubGroup: Storage_Management To start bttape from the command line, enter: /usr/sbin/sysman bttape -gui Running the Command Line Interface Option: To start the bttape command line interface, enter the following command from the terminal: /usr/sbin/sysman bttape -ui cui [cuioptions] RESTRICTIONS
You must have the appropriate privileges to use this application. FILES
Bootable Tape Creation utility Help Volume Managment interface files User-defined file User-defined file to designate which file systems to back up SEE ALSO
Commands: X(1X), btcreate(8), btextract(8) System Administration bttape(8)