[SunHELP] Another system, another boot issue

[Connolly, Michael - ITT Interconnect Solutions]

Appears we have a bad SCSI controller so moved the D130 to what we think is a
good one. Ran devfsadm and set an alias to the new device path. Now, instead
of "cannot locate boot device" we get "cannot open boot device". I guess we
are getting closer.

probe-scsi-all works with no errors
devalias looks good
Can boot from CD-ROM ok
The tape restore came from a mirrored system. I edited vfstab to use the
physical devices instead of /dev/md and edited /etc/system to remove any trace
of mirrors but am wondering if something is stuck in the kernel (did not run
metaroot).
Still stumped...


Michael J. Connolly
PLM Consultant/Solution Architect
ITT Cannon LLC
56 Technology Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
Office: 714.628.2306
Michael.Connolly at itt.com

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From: SunHELP [sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org] on behalf of Peter Stokes
[peter at ashlyn.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 11:35 PM
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Another system, another boot issue

Hi

What does a printenv at the ok prompt list for boot-device and diag-switch?

If you are trying to boot standard it will try to boot the internal FCAL
disks, you will need to specify the external SCSI disk if you want to boot
that.

Peter
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Peter Stokes
Ashlyn Computer Services
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On 9 Feb 2017, at 00:41, Connolly, Michael - ITT Interconnect Solutions
<Michael.Connolly at itt.com> wrote:

> So, got the first E280R running fine - the one with the T3's.
>
> Second E280R uses internal drives and a D130 attached. Again, Solaris 9.
>
> After tape restore from a very similar system (but has 2 D130's - this one
> only has one) I get
>
> "Can't locate boot device"
>
> Booted from a Sol 10 CD to single user.
>
> mounted the boot drive to /a
>
> did the devfsadm again and it made quite a few changes
>
> listed the /dev/dsk directory and all looked well
>
> I can read/write to /a and verified vfstab was good
>
> carefully created devalias for the original drive (not touched) and the
> restored drive and one for the newly restored drive
>
> from OK I did probe-scsi-all and it appears that all drive/devices are
> present.
>
> at a loss right now, what is weird (to me) is the word "locate" and not
"open"
> - never seen that.
>
> did discover 1 of the power supplies is out on the E280R but the other is
> running
>
> welcome ideas, TIA
>
>
> Michael J. Connolly
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> ITT Cannon LLC
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