[SunHELP] What am I missing... (SS/5 Solaris install won't boot after install)

Frank-Christian Kruegel sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Sat May 19 13:16:59 CDT 2001


On Sat, 19 May 2001 13:20:31 -0400, you wrote:

>So, I'm sitting here, trying to get an SS/5-110 ready to ship, and I'm
>trying to install an OS (Solaris 7), but after the install completes, I =
get
>the following - any ideas?
>
>    Rebooting with command:
>    Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000/sd at 3,0    =
File
>and args:
>    bootblk: can't find the boot program
>    Program terminated
>    Type help for more information
>    ok

Where is the root slice, and how big is it? Unless it is an UltraSparc =
machine
the root slice should be the first one and must not exceed 1GB in size. =
Many
Linux people are used to make / (almost) the whole disk in contrast to =
Solaris
where you have /usr, /opt /var, /export/home, ... as extra slices.


Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen

Dipl.-Ing. Frank-Christian Kr=FCgel
IstDa Kommunikationssysteme




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