Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Bad PBR Sig Operating System Not Found...why ?

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Bad PBR Sig Operating System Not Found...why ?
# 1  
Old 12-16-2002
Bad PBR Sig Operating System Not Found...why ?
Well i install successfully Solaris on my Second Hard disk, although i had to make it primary Master and my orignal hard disk as pirmary slave, because solaris will not let Windows on primary master.

Anyway after installation when i try to boot from hard disk , it shows message

bad PBR Sig Operating System Not Found

what the reason could be ?

I cannot boot solaris even after it showed message, installation completed successfully.

Any comments ?

Abid Malik
# 2  
Old 12-16-2002
Found on SunSolve:
Quote:
wenzhou.wang@eng 2000-01-14

This bug is filed against the s28_38shwpl1 installer install image. The system
configuration is as below:
HP Kayak XA; 233MHz; 162MB RAM; 16GB IDE + 2.0GB IDE hard disk
The system is installed with two hard disk. The 16GB disk is the primary boot
device. The system is LBA enabled.

When I put the DOSBIG partition at the beginning of the disk, the system will
fail to boot into the cd0 miniroot. Following err message will appear:
Bad PBR Sig.

If I put the DOSBIG partition at the end of the disk, the system will boot into
the cd0 miniroot without problem.
Work Around Top

chris.johnson@West 2000-01-14

As noted, limit the size of non-Solaris partitions, or move beyond
the Solaris boot partition and Solaris partition.
# 3  
Old 12-16-2002
RTM Thanks for answring both of my questions.
Althought i did not understand the bug issue, but i do appriciate your answer/suggestion/help.

Thanks again.

Abid Malik
# 4  
Old 12-16-2002
I believe the problem (in the Sunsolve case) was that the person put a DOS partition over the Solaris partition or bootblock.

Double check how you set up the partitions - the clue is in what the SUN tech wrote:

As noted, limit the size of non-Solaris partitions, or move beyond
the Solaris boot partition and Solaris partition.
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

What's my Operating System

Can we know the operating given the IP address or DNS of the host. All I have is file://myserver/myapp (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
4 Replies

2. Solaris

Operating system not found

Hi, Iam trying to instal a solaris operating system in a vmware on my local windows system via an iso image named as "solaris10.vmx". but as soon as the vm console opens i get an error message as: "PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel PXE ROM. Operating system not found" Please help me out in... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Laxxi
3 Replies

3. Solaris

Solaris x86: Bad PBR sig

Hello everyone, I have a Sun x4600 (Solaris 10 x86) server.During boot up "Bad PBR sig" error comes soon after post (before GRUB). Unless the return key is pressed the server never boots up. Once the return key is pressed the boot process continues without any problem. Can you please help me... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pingmeback
1 Replies

4. Solaris

By loading I have received the following issue: BAD PBR SIGN.

Hi folks. By disk cloning on Solaris x86, I used a command dd. I pulled out the source and inserted the new disk. By loading I have received the following issue: BAD PBR SIGN. :( (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: wolfgang
5 Replies

5. Solaris

bad pbr sig

After installing Solaris 10 x86 (solaris 5 2009 update 7 ) i've been granted a “Bad PBR sig” error message on boot, making my system unbootable. any one has any solution for this problem (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: maxim42
1 Replies

6. Red Hat

RHEL4 Upt(2): Operating System Not Found ?

Hi, My HP-Proliant Machine have faced abnormal shutdown due to a power failure. after the event : "Operating System not found" appears & the system could not load operating system. O/S: RHEL AS 4 update 2 Software Raid 1+0 were configured. Facts Gathered: All mount points are... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Muhammad Ahmad
1 Replies

7. Solaris

PBR Bad in sun solaris 10 intel version

Hai while booting sun solaris 10 in a intel machine,its showing PBR bad and its showing disk boot failure.but the is detecting.please guide me (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: subbiahvin
1 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Bad PBR sig

ok, i recently posted asking for a distro of unix, and someone said to try solaris, so i booted up the dvd iso installer. And after making some kind of mistake in the preperation, I couldnt retry the installer, it repeated the Warning: Bad Geometry. thing, and when i tried to just boot up into... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: FaoX666
0 Replies

9. Solaris

bad BPR sig

hello mentor. I'm getting an error " fdgetchng: write protect check failed " after I rebooted my laptop because it hangs when i open server management console. what seems to be the problem? thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: eykyn17
3 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Bad PBR on Intel Machine

I recentlly installed solaris 8 on a 2G HD successfully , but cannot boot pass a screen that has a error message "BAD PBR". My queston would be is how do I get pass this and how do I repair it? I have visited the SUN SYSTEM website many times trying to get information. thanks Mogfog (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mogfog
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question