I'm having some issues with a Solaris 10 machine. I just rebooted the box after at least 2 years running smooth and now the OS is not comming up.
This is what I see in the console (if I press Ctrl^D it loops again):
Code:
Root password for system maintenance (control-d to bypass):
Requesting System Maintenance Mode
(See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot run
Root password for system maintenance (control-d to bypass):
So I entered root's password and now I'm not even able to run simple commands like "ls", "svcadm", "ifconfig", etc. So it looks like /usr is not mounted.
Code:
# cd /usr
# echo *
*
#
'/sbin/mount' shows:
Code:
/ on /pci@1f,500000/scsi@1/disk@0,0:a read/write/setuid/devices/dev=500000 on Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
/devices on /devices read/write/setuid/devices/dev=5740000 on Wed Dec 15 18:21:49 2010
/system/contract on ctfs read/write/setuid/devices/dev=5780001 on Wed Dec 15 18:21:49 2010
/proc on proc read/write/setuid/devices/dev=57c0000 on Wed Dec 15 18:21:49 2010
/etc/mnttab on mnttab read/write/setuid/devices/dev=5800001 on Wed Dec 15 18:21:49 2010
/etc/svc/volatile on swap read/write/setuid/devices/xattr/dev=5840001 on Wed Dec 15 18:21:49 2010
/system/object on objfs read/write/setuid/devices/dev=5880001 on Wed Dec 15 18:21:49 2010
I tried to '/sbin/mountall' and I got:
Code:
# ./mountall
./mountall: /usr/bin/expr: not found
./mountall: cannot shift
I tried to run the console-login method by hand:
Code:
# pwd
/lib/svc/method
# ./console-login
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: svcprop: not found
./console-login: /usr/lib/saf/ttymon: not found
And tried to use 'fs-usr' to mount the filesystem but again I got a weird error message:
Code:
# ./fs-usr
/sbin/swapadd: expr: not found
/sbin/swapadd: swap: not found
WARNING - /usr/sbin/fsck not found. Most likely the
WARNING - /usr/sbin/fsck not found. Most likely the
mount of /usr failed or the /usr filesystem is badly
mount of /usr failed or the /usr filesystem is badly
damaged.
damaged.
I don't even know how to reboot the box now (I don't have physical access) and 'reboot' and 'shutdown' are not working since they are located under the inaccessible '/usr/sbin'.
I've managed to find the 'init' tool under 'sbin' but when I run '/sbin/init 0' or '/sbin/init 6' it doesn't do anything and just stays there as if no command was ever given.
I think the only option now would be to go there and physically reboot the server.
you can also try commands like "reboot" or "halt". or (are you on sparc or x86 hardware?) use a break sequence to drop to the "ok" prompt (if you are on sparc).
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