[Sunhelp] Can't open boot device?????? (Help)

Jon Davis (EUS) EUSJOND at am1.ericsson.se
Wed Jun 16 10:14:57 CDT 1999


This works for 2.6

	cd /dev/dsk 
	ls -l  ##look for the boot disk, is it c0t0d0s0?
	luxadm set_boot_dev <enter the full address for the boot device
listed in /dev/dsk>
	boot -- -r

Answer yes to any questions.  Hope it helps.

Jon Davis
NMS Engineer

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Fernando Alana [SMTP:alana at gaia.es]
> Sent:	Wednesday, June 16, 1999 5:16 AM
> To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject:	[Sunhelp] Can't open boot device??????  (Help)
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I'm a new user of SUN-machine, and recently I have had a problem on a
> Solaris 2.5.1 system. After install the 2.5.1 v. in a Netra-4000, I'm
> getting the following message: 
> 
>                             "I can't open boot device" 
> 
> and I don't know what can I do, do you know what steps (step by step,
> because I'm a bit new with this tecnology) do I need to accomplish this???
> 
>     When I write:  <PRINTENV >, I have next: 
> 
>     variable name                            value
> default value 
>         .... 
>         Boot                                          disk
> disk diskbrd diskisp dis .. 
>         ... 
> 
> Question: Do I have to have the same value in both places (in value and
> default value),  Do I have to change the value?? if is true How??????? 
> 
> Thanks for any advice. 
> (sorry for my english) 
> 
> Fernando 
> 
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