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# 43  
Old 11-28-2010
i booted off dvd in single user shell
here is the output of iostat output truncated for brevity it contains iostat's for dvd drive
@jlliagre
Code:
#iostat -En
c0d0          Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
Model: WDC WD800BB-55J    Revision:  Serial No: WD-WMAMD56    
Size: 80.02GB <80023781376 bytes>
Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
Illegal Request: 0

the output of fdisk
Code:
#fdisk -G /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0
* Physical geometry for device /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0
* PCYL   NCYL   ACYL   BCYL   NHEAD   NSECT   SECSIZ
  9729   9729    0         0         255        63          512

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@fpmurphy
Quote:
The "Bad PBR Sig" error, meant that Solaris tried to skip the first disk and go to second disk. Was the second disk actually really brand new and unpartitioned?
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Was the second disk actually really brand new and unpartitioned? no it wasnt brand new it was partitioned in windows and file system NTFS
# 44  
Old 11-28-2010
The only plausible explanation would be the bootloader was installed on that 80 GB disk but Solaris was actually installed on a different disk.
What says:
Code:
strings /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0 2>/dev/null | head -30

?
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# 45  
Old 11-28-2010
Quote:
The only plausible explanation would be the bootloader was installed on that 80 GB disk but Solaris was actually installed on a different disk.
@jlliagre
How come ? it was only single hd install , grub bootloader and Solaris on same disk

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i booted off dvd in single user shell I know it's weired , but believe or not that disk was solaris 10 on ZFS root file system , i know the output indicate a windows install anyways here is the output
note : from line 14 up till line 30 are garbage txt

Code:
#strings /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0 2>/dev/null | head -30
SQOTN2
ttq'j
invalid partition table 
Error loading system
Missing Operating System
'DCE
NTFS
q=?<[?<N
fxfx
A disk read error occured
NTLDR is missing
NTKDR is compressed
press Ctrl + Alt +  Del to reset
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt
garbage txt

i'm sure 1000000 % the disk was solaris what could be happened i will believe anything but not to tell that disk was windows disk
Last edited by h@foorsa.biz; 11-28-2010 at 06:33 PM..
# 46  
Old 11-28-2010
Indeed, this is obviously the signature of a Windows boot loader.
# 47  
Old 11-29-2010
@jlliagre
I asure 1000000 % that disk was running only healthy solaris 10 ,
the only thing i have done is to attach disk for space . after plugging the new disk the server won't boot so i unplugged the disk and i'm stuck since that with this problem
so what is next
Last edited by h@foorsa.biz; 11-29-2010 at 07:24 AM..
# 48  
Old 11-29-2010
I would boot of the cd/dvd and reinstall grub.
# 49  
Old 11-29-2010
@ilikecows

I already did in previous posts
Code:
#installgrub /boot/grub/satge1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0

Quote:
Originally Posted by h@foorsa.biz
@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
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