[SunHELP] problems booting from cdrom
Ryan Loiselle
sun-help at azonicnet.com
Mon Aug 21 07:38:51 CDT 2006
Hey all,
I have been fighting with this for the past week. I have a 220, and a
Ultra2 that I have tried this from and failed in both instances (many time
over). Both have 1gb ram, the 220r has a 450Mhz CPU, the U2 has dual
300Mhz, I have tried on both with numerous SCSI cdrom's and had little
sucess. I have searched google, my notes / documentation and nothing I
find anywhere seems to get me any closer to getting this working.
What am I trying to do:
I have 4x 18GB drives, and 2x 36GB drives that I am trying to format for
future use, so I am trying to boot the kernal from the Solaris 9 software
1 of 2 disk so I can have access to the format utility (2 different
copies of the media purchased from Sun). It worked in one instance, and I
was able to format / repair one of the 36gb drives, but since then I have
been unable to boot from the cdrom.
>From the okay prompt I have tried:
boot cdrom
boot cdrom -s
boot cdrom - install
boot cdrom is the one that worked on one occasion (as it should) but since
then I have been recieving the following errors (copied from my last 3
attempts on the 220r) on both machines in rotation, never the same twice
in a row:
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 6,0:f File and args:
Can't open deblocker package
Can't open boot device
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 6,0:f File and args:
failed to read super block
Boot load failed.
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 6,0:f File and args:
Can't read disk label.
Can't open disk label package
Can't read disk label.
Can't open disk label package
Boot load failed.
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
This is from the one instance that it worked:
ok probe-scsi
Target 0
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE SX336704LC BC0A
Target 1
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE SX336704LC BC07
Target 6
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device MATSHITACD-R CW-7502 4.10
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 6,0:f File and args:
SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_112233-01 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Configuring /dev and /devices
TSI: gfxp0 is GFX8P @ 1152x900
Using RPC Bootparams for network configuration information.
I believe I have everything set correctly in the NVRAM:
ok printenv
Variable Name Value Default Value
scsi-initiator-id 7 7
keyboard-click? false false
keymap
ttyb-rts-dtr-off false false
ttyb-ignore-cd true true
ttya-rts-dtr-off false false
ttya-ignore-cd true true
ttyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-
ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-
pcia-probe-list 1 1
pcib-probe-list 1,3,2,4,5 1,3,2,4,5
enclosure-type 540-4284
banner-name Sun Enterprise 220R
energystar-enabled? false
mfg-mode off off
diag-level max min
#power-cycles 65
system-board-serial# 5015606055204
system-board-date 39a75f9a
fcode-debug? false false
output-device screen screen
input-device keyboard keyboard
load-base 16384 16384
boot-command boot boot
auto-boot? false true
watchdog-reboot? false false
diag-file
diag-device net net
boot-file
boot-device disk net disk net
local-mac-address? false false
ansi-terminal? true true
screen-#columns 80 80
screen-#rows 34 34
silent-mode? false false
use-nvramrc? false false
nvramrc
security-mode none
security-password
security-#badlogins 0
oem-logo
oem-logo? false false
oem-banner
oem-banner? false false
hardware-revision
last-hardware-update
diag-switch? false false
And the devalias on both machines appears to be correct:
ok devalias
screen /pci at 1f,4000/TSI,gfxp at 5
net /pci at 1f,4000/network at 1,1
disk /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 0,0
cdrom /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 6,0:f
tape /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3,1/tape at 4,0
tape1 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3,1/tape at 5,0
tape0 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3,1/tape at 4,0
disk6 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 6,0
disk5 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 5,0
disk4 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 4,0
disk3 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 3,0
disk2 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 2,0
disk1 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 1,0
disk0 /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 0,0
scsi /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3
floppy /pci at 1f,4000/ebus at 1/fdthree
ttyb /pci at 1f,4000/ebus at 1/se:b
ttya /pci at 1f,4000/ebus at 1/se:a
keyboard! /pci at 1f,4000/ebus at 1/su at 14,3083f8:forcemode
keyboard /pci at 1f,4000/ebus at 1/su at 14,3083f8
mouse /pci at 1f,4000/ebus at 1/su at 14,3062f8
name aliases
I cannot think / find anything further that I have not tried, aside from
trying a network boot (which is doable as I already have a Jumpstart
server that I have used for the last 20 or so installs I have done).
Can anyone suggest anything? Im lost and fustrated...
Ryan
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