So I rebuilt the os on a separate disk(c0t1d0). I booted into single user mode from the cd, tried to create a new file system on the old disks root partition (c0t0d0s0). When I do I get an error:
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Thanks. I inherited the machine and a mirror would have been very nice. Should I do anything about the error that occurs when running format or will that go away after I cp the data?
I had Solaris 8 installed on a Ultra 10 machine but during a shutdown the root partition got corrupted. I have 3 other partitions on the drive (var, swap, home). Is there a way to reinstall the root...
So after some more research I gather that when I shutdown the system to change the boot-device I corrupted the file system. Is there any way to recover from that or is the data lost?
We had a Ultra 10 running solaris 8 and the motherboard went. So we bought a replacement Ultra 10 on ebay. Exact same hardware. Swapped out the drives with...