[SunHELP] missing device

[Alan Rubin]

checked that.  it is looking for the correct partition.  it says the
device is not found, can't mount, etc.  then, it cant find /sbin/swap and
all of the other commands and fails to boot.  (btw, what does boot -b give
me?)

alan


On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Will Mc Donald wrote:

> This might be obvious but what's in /etc/vfstab ? If the disks/partitions
> have shifted on the new box the vfstab from the old machine might need to be
> changed to reflect this.
> 
> Will.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Rubin <rubin at ezy.net>
> To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:46 AM
> Subject: [SunHELP] missing device
> 
> 
> > We have restored filesystems from tape to a new server of same
> > architecture (M) as where the data comes from.  The disk appears clean,
> > the ufsrestore seems to work fine, and no problems with installing the
> > boot block occur.  When I try to boot this new system it says that
> > /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4 (/usr) does not exist and falls down miserably.  I have
> > checked that dev files and entries in /devices exist for this partition on
> > the root disk, but that doesn't seem to matter.  This is Solaris 2.6.  Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > alan
> >
> 
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*Alan Rubin*
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