The dump device on my system was set to /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7. I have done a savecore -Lv on the system which worked fine. I'm wondering have I overwritten the rootdisk here by mistake? The system is still up but will need to be rebooted due to an error on it. Will it come back up?
If not is there anyway to save it? It's encapsulated using VVM 5.0. Details below. Thanks.
Hi, My account is : abcd
I belong to a group: pqrs
Some thing straneg happened yesterday.
My .cshrc and .login got overwritten into pqrs's .cshrc and .login
I obviously did not explicitly overwrite pqrs's .cshrc.
Are there any reasons how this could have happened indirectly due to... (5 Replies)
Hello,
One of my frend had a problem.
He had Windows XP installed on his system. Then he installed Red Hat Linux 8.0 in one of the partitions. After some time his XP got corrupt and then he reinstalled Windows XP. This over wrote the Grub loader entry, and due to this the grub loader is not... (2 Replies)
We have a problem where we delete a user and their associated UID gets dumped back in the UID pool. The if we immediately create a another (new) user, AIX reuses the last UID, the one that was just released. This is causing a problem when reports are being generated because the new users name is... (2 Replies)
Due to my own stupidity I managed to overwrite my /dev/root device using dd (don't ask).
Current state is
- Have current backup created using cpio (command used was 'find . -mount -depth -print|cpio -ocB > $TAPE')
- Once I realised what was happening powered off the server but this was too... (2 Replies)
The following files were wiped out - new empty files were left in their place.
/etc/inittab, /etc/inetd.conf, and /etc/MANPATH
The system is running HP-UX 11i v3 - Mar08.
Anyone seen anything like this?
Any ideas on a way to figure this out if it happens again or a suggested way to... (9 Replies)
Hi, i have some problems with the following code:
char *tab_path;
char *sep=" \t\n";
char line;
char *p;
FILE * file;
int i = 0;
if(fgets(line,MAXLINE,file)!=NULL){
if((p=strtok(line,sep))!=NULL)tab_path=p;
while((p=strtok(NULL,sep))!=NULL){
i++;
... (4 Replies)
Hello All,
I am writing a bash script on Solaris O/S. I looping through an array. For each iteration, i connect to the datatabase and use select statement. Output of which is redirected to .CSV file. here is the code for it.
output="loop.csv"
elements=${#currency_pair}
... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
We are using Solaris 10 x86, and Veritas Storage Foundation Software version 6.0.1 and faced the following issues after mirroring and during boot from mirror.
1) VTOC has been changed after mirroring the rootdisk with this command - " /opt/VRTS/bin/vxrootmir <disk to be mirrored>".... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I am new new to unix.com, I have a question related to shell scripting.
We have a Oracle database backup shell script, which can be used for taking full, incremental & archive log backup based on the parameters passed.
Within the script we export a variable as
export... (5 Replies)
I had generated a ssh2 key on my AIX box, to receive files from other AIX and Linux systems.
Key Name: id_ssh2_server.pub
However this ssh2 key (both public and private keys) has been overwritten, while I was generating another ssh2 key. Now the earlier configured target systems are not able... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: freakygs
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LEARN ABOUT V7
install-solaris
install-solaris(1M)install-solaris(1M)NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
install-solaris
install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.
The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:
For SPARC machines:
128 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
128 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
384 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
For x86 machines:
256 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
256 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
512 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea-
tures available.
install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more
details.
install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements.
Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
| |lation media) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)
It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.
23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)