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Operating Systems Solaris Auto boot problem on Sun T2000 Post 302389481 by ouzist on Monday 25th of January 2010 04:35:33 AM
Old 01-25-2010
Auto boot problem on Sun T2000
Hi All

I have a problem on T2000 server.

Code:
bash-3.00# uname -a
SunOS 5.10 aaa Generic_120011-14 sun4v sparc SUNW,Netra-T2000

After the initial solaris installation server failed to boot:

Code:
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: disk:b  File and args: 
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
{0} ok

So I ve decided to go with:

Code:
{0} ok boot disk

It was fine with booting like this! I was a little bit short on time So I couldn't fix it permanently and had to go with the workaround.

Later on when I checked the installation logs:

Code:
bash-3.00#
bash-3.00# tail -10 /var/sadm/system/logs/install_log

Customizing system devices
        - Physical devices (/devices)
        - Logical devices (/dev)

Installing boot information
        - Installing boot blocks (c0t1d0s0)
        - Installing boot blocks (/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0)
        - Updating system firmware for automatic rebooting
WARNING: Could not update system for automatic rebooting
bash-3.00#
bash-3.00#
What I understand is, I need to change the boot device or auto-boot.
System is running on a live environment now so I have to fix this without interrupting the server.

So with current conditions server will fail to boot If anything goes wrong and If server needs to restart.
My question is, what should I do to prevent this? and what is the safest way to do it without restarting server?

Any help/ideas will be great!

Regards
Oguz
 

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installgrub

installgrub(1M) 														   installgrub(1M)

NAME

       installgrub - install GRUB in a disk partition or a floppy

SYNOPSIS

       /sbin/installgrub [-fm] stage1 stage2 raw-device

       The installgrub command is an -only program. GRUB stands for GRand Unified Bootloader.

       installgrub  installs  GRUB  stage  1  and  stage  2  files on the boot area of a disk partition. If you specify the -m option, installgrub
       installs the stage 1 file on the master boot sector of the disk.

       The installgrub command accepts the following options:

       -f

	   Suppresses interaction when overwriting the master boot sector.

       -m

	   Installs GRUB stage1 on the master boot sector interactively.

       The installgrub command accepts the following operands:

       stage1

	   The name of the GRUB stage 1 file.

       stage2

	   The name of the GRUB stage 2 file.

       raw-device

	   The name of the device onto which GRUB code is to be installed. It must be a character device that is readable and writable.  For  disk
	   devices,  specify  the  slice  where  the  GRUB  menu  file	is  located.  (For Solaris it is the root slice.) For a floppy disk, it is
	   /dev/rdiskette.

       Example 1: Installing GRUB on a Hard Disk Slice

       The following command installs GRUB on a system where the root slice is c0d0s0:

       example# /sbin/installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 
		/boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0

       Example 2: Installing GRUB on a Floppy

       The following command installs GRUB on a formatted floppy:

       example# mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /mnt
       # mkdir -p /mnt/boot/grub
       # cp /boot/grub/* /mnt/boot/grub
       # umount /mnt
       # cd /boot/grub
       # /sbin/installgrub stage1 stage2 /dev/rdiskette

       /boot/grub

	   Directory where GRUB files reside.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       boot(1M), fdisk(1M), fmthard(1M), kernel(1M), attributes(5)

       Installing GRUB on the master boot sector (-m option) overrides any boot manager currently installed on the machine. The system will always
       boot the GRUB in the Solaris partition regardless of which fdisk partition is active.

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