[Sunhelp] help! boot error message

[Alan Rubin]

did you install the bootblock on the new partition?

/usr/sbin/installboot /usr/platform/sun4m/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk  <raw-device>

is the correct way, i think.

alan

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Brian P. Hinz wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been having problems booting ever since I re-installed solaris and changed 
> the partition configuration on my sparc10.  I have three hard drives and the 
> root partition had been located on the smallest one.  I changed this so that / 
> would reside on one of the larger drives during the solaris setup. I received a 
> warningstating that the eeprom would be changed to reflect the change in the 
> root partition location.  I get the error message:
> 
> bootblk: can't find the boot program
> program terminated
> 
> I've tried changing the "boot-device" variable and setting the jumpers so that 
> the drive I want is scsi id 0 before re-installing (again), but I still get the 
> same error no matter what I do.  In retrospect, I should have just made the 
> particular partition that I needed on one of the big drives, but it's too late 
> for that and I don't want to have to go through re-installing again! (very long 
> process on a sparc10!)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Brian
> 
> 
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