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try:

Code:

# zpool import

i tried

Code:

#zpool import
#

it returns no output it seems exiting with exit code

so i ran

Code:

#zpool import rpool

also with no luck

i ran it again
and as what i guessed its exiting with exit status

Code:

#zpool import
#echo $?
1

any further idea

i still think the bootblk is missing...

Just because the disk appears in format and other commands doesn't mean it works. Try this after booting from DVD:

Code:

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 of=/dev/null bs=1024k

Replace "/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0" with the device name of your disk. Be very careful to name the disk as the input file (if=...) and /dev/null as the output file (of=...), or you will overwrite your disk.

That will at least tell you if you can read from your disk. If that command fails, your disk is probably dead.

It seems that your MBR has been corrupted.

Please run the same installation CD in the rescue mode and mount the HDD somewhere (say /mnt itself). Or any other CD (even Linux would do but with a slightly different trick).

Now change the root using sudo chroot and fire the grub-install command with the same GRUB configuration, you earlier had, which you should be able to get inside the /boot directyory.

Now comming to the use of a Linux CD in the absance of your original solaris CD; what you need to make sure here is that the same GRUB configuration is installed to reboot to get that GRUB menu. I think, here you don't need to do the chroot (else you'd get a lot of floating point error or other host of errors even seg-11 ); instead copy that grub.conf file from your solaris partition's /boot (ofcourse you need to mount the HDD somewhere to get the copy of grub.conf). Put the configuration file under either /etc/grub/grub.cong or /boot/grub/grub.conf and fire the command grub-install . Once you see this command returning to give you the root prompt after the run; please reboot your system by removing this Linux CD.

You should be get going, untill you have a really hard luck today.

Beat of the Luck.

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@praveen_218

as far as i understand your last post, nothing of the above will work... you can't mount a ZFS filesystem if you can't get "zpool import" to work. and of course not with a linux cd... but maybe i just don't understand what you are trying to do...

@Duke2Nuke
I tried to install bootblk
with no luck

i ran

Code:

#installgrub /boot/grub/satge1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0
connot open/stat device /dev/rdsk/c0d0s2

i got the following

Code:

connot open/stat device /dev/rdsk/c0d0s

@achenle i will try you command snippet
and post here again
thanks guys