My commands are for the ok> prompt, after an "init 0" from the Solaris OS.
Maybe your prompt is slightly different: {1} ok .
Another useful command is:
Code:
ok> printenv
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You have two processors there. The service processor and the main processor. You cannot boot from cdrom into single user if the main processor is up and running Solaris. Is your terminal connected to the main console or (or a redirection from the main console port)?
If
Code:
setenv
and
Code:
boot
are "not found" then you are talking to the main processor which is running.
If this is NOT a production box then:
Type these keystrokes:
Code:
#.
which will ensure that you are talking to the service processor. Hit return a couple of times to check you have a
Code:
OK>
prompt from the service processor.
Enter:
Quote:
ok> halt
to ensure that the main processor is down
Then you can:
Code:
ok> boot cdrom -s
Try all the installation cdrom's you have this way.
Yes, this could be a hardware fault but it's not likely.
It's more likely that the main processor is not down (stopped) when you are trying to boot from cdrom.
Last edited by hicksd8; 01-18-2019 at 05:19 PM..
Reason: Correct typo's
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My commands are for the ok> prompt, after an "init 0" from the Solaris OS.
Maybe your prompt is slightly different: {1} ok .
Another useful command is:
Code:
ok> printenv
Thanks.. printenvdid show auto-boot? true true I then changed it to false and it says auto-boot? false true
Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksd8
You have two processors there. The service processor and the main processor. You cannot boot from cdrom into single user if the main processor is up and running Solaris. Is your terminal connected to the main console or (or a redirection from the main console port)?
If
Code:
setenv
and
Code:
boot
are "not found" then you are talking to the main processor which is running.
If this is NOT a production box then:
Type these keystrokes:
Code:
#.
which will ensure that you are talking to the service processor. Hit return a couple of times to check you have a
Code:
OK>
prompt from the service processor.
Enter:
to ensure that the main processor is down
Then you can:
Code:
ok> boot cdrom -s
Try all the installation cdrom's you have this way.
Yes, this could be a hardware fault but it's not likely.
It's more likely that the main processor is not down (stopped) when you are trying to boot from cdrom.
Ok thank you... I did not know there were two different processors.
So when I set auto-boot? false, and start the machine up, it immediately goes to the {1} ok prompt, instead of requiring me to log in and init 0 from a terminal. When I #., I get #. ? and when I halt, I get halt ?
The installation CD gives me a different error than the Operating environment cd:
Code:
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@2,0:f File and args: -s
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix
Note- the drive is actually a DVD drive, not a CDROM drive. I don't recall this making a difference in the past. Does it?
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In printenv, boot-file shows nothing next to it. Is that the problem maybe?
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Additional note.. when I use reset, I get reset?
and.. this is a standalone machine.. I am logging into it directly.
Last edited by Stellaman1977; 01-22-2019 at 10:36 AM..
I am surprised that reset is an unknown command. Try reset-all. Or power-cycle the box.
I think "Enter filename" means it has run a boot block okay, but it does not find the "platform" (e.g. for your box it is "SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500") on the CD (or DVD).
That means the CD is too old. Usually "Solaris X HW M/Y" is written on it. You must use another CD with a higher M/Y (month/year).
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Thanks. Haven't tried that yet because I made progress..
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Code:
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device
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