[SunHELP] disk read error WARNING: cannot open system files: etc/system

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Sat Apr 28 10:21:36 CDT 2001


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The boot hard drive is good, works on other system. Installed and
configured new nvram chip

sparc 5 I bought off of ebay had bad nvram so I replaced and programmed
into it ethernet address and hostid.

ok boot cdrom

and installed solaris 8

when it goes to reboot I get errors

disk read error  WARNING: cannot open system files: etc/system

followed by

f0243a68 genuunix:main+4 (440fe0, 440fe0, 2000, 44000e0, 81c5200,
f005b674)
  %10-7: f5901000 f0243b88 f007f144 f00c0000 00000000 00000000 ffef0000
00000e000

 same thing if I:

ok boot





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Unix System Administrator TRU64 Unix System Administrator
DEC Unix, Solaris Unix, HP Unix, Linux Unix Sco Unix
Veritas Volume manager, DEC Logic Storage Manager

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taught falsehoods in school. And the one man that dares to tell the
truth is called at once a lunatic and fool" (Plato)"

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<b><font size=+2>The boot hard drive is good, works on other system. Installed
and configured new nvram chip</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>sparc 5 I bought off of ebay had bad nvram so I replaced
and programmed into it ethernet address and hostid.</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>ok boot cdrom</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>and installed solaris 8</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>when it goes to reboot I get errors</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>disk read error  WARNING: cannot open system files:
etc/system</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>followed by</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>f0243a68 genuunix:main+4 (440fe0, 440fe0, 2000, 44000e0,
81c5200, f005b674)</font></b>
<br><b><font size=+2>  %10-7: f5901000 f0243b88 f007f144 f00c0000
00000000 00000000 ffef0000 00000e000</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2> same thing if I:</font></b><b><font size=+2></font></b>
<p><b><font size=+2>ok boot</font></b>
<br><b><font size=+2></font></b> 
<br><b><font size=+2></font></b> 
<br><b><font size=+2></font></b> 
<br><b><font size=+2></font></b> 
<p>--
<br>--------------------------------------------------------
<br>Larry A. Magnello  larry.magnello at usa.net
<br>Unix System Administrator TRU64 Unix System Administrator
<br>DEC Unix, Solaris Unix, HP Unix, Linux Unix Sco Unix
<br>Veritas Volume manager, DEC Logic Storage Manager
<p>--------------------------------------------------------
<br>"Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are
<br>taught falsehoods in school. And the one man that dares to tell the
<br>truth is called at once a lunatic and fool" (Plato)"
<p>                             
'''
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| larry.magnello at usa.net     |
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| <A HREF="http://">http://</A>??? soon back on the web     |
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+-----------------oOO-----------------+
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|__|__|
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ooO Ooo
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