11-21-2016
Solaris stuck during boot after reconfigure boot
Hello,
I have a problem with my machine that won't boot properly.
The story is that I installed a software called apcupsd, which is a control application for my APC battery UPS. I have used version 3.14.10 earlier, but as part of restoring my previously crashed os harddrive I wanted to install it again and this time took the latest version 3.14.14.
Anyway, after compile, make and make install the installation script instructed that I should do a reconfigure boot using reboot -- -r before starting it for the first time.
(I should add that the ups has been connected with a USB cable since a few weeks back I just haven't installed the software up until now.)
Without perhaps fully understanding what a reconfigure boot entails, I happily entered reboot -- -r and the computer started shutting down and the ssh connection got lost as part of it shutting down.
As it is a headless server I could at the time not really see what was happening, but when I could not contact the machine 10 minutes later I got worried and connected a monitor to it. It had froze with just a text line with sunos etc. with a non blinking cursor. So I waited a little while and then powercycled the machine. After that it booted past grub to the Oracle/Solaris splash screen with the spinning circle and was stuck there for a few hours. With the circle still spinning I figured that it had got stuck on something and that another powercycle would make it leave reconfiguring and boot as normal.
Again it got past grub to the spinning circle and there it has been standing overnight and the whole day today.
I am really lost and need some help on where to begin resolving this. Can I make it boot normally some how or what can I do?
Last edited by Zorken; 11-21-2016 at 01:38 PM..
Reason: Clearing up after posting from mobile phone
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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)