Others can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can boot into 'failsafe' (single-user) mode and run 'bootadm' with the right options to rebuild the boot archive information.
Blake On 10/1/07, Mark McGaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I am trying to get 11/06 up and running on a brand new Dell > Inspiron 530. I know this forum is for open Solaris, but I want a machine > that is as close as the servers we have at work so I can practice my Sys. > Admin skills....and so far I haven't received any help on Sun's forum. > > First, a little background. > To install 11/06 (dual-boot w/xp) I followed the example here: > http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5137822 , but I chose not > to get rid of Dell's Diagnostic Partition & System Recovery Partition, since > I'm not sure if its really required and also wanted to preserve my PC's OEM > XP env. > > I also used a different method to create a 20Gb linux-swap partition. ( > http://frsun.downloads.edgesuite.net/sun/07C00892/index.html) > During install, I had to add the following kernel option: > "acpi-user-options=8". > > Now, after the grub menu and selecting 'Solaris', it takes about 3 minutes > to get to a command line. I get a few errors at that time, such as: > "file in / differ from the boot archive: /etc/path_to_inst" > "cannot find /etc/devices/mdi_ib_cache: no such file" > I noticed I cannot modify any files since the system is in maintanence > mode and is read-only. > > I tried running 'svcadm clear system/boot-archive' to clear those errors, > and it seems to attempt to go into X windows/CDE, but I just get > unintelligible multi-colored display, and need to power off. Seems odd since > the hardware compatibility test doesn't show a problem with the onboard > video. > > Running the Hardware compatibility test came up with the following 3 > errors: > > No Solaris Driver > Communication > Conexant > HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem > > No Solaris Driver > Network > Intel Corporation > 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection > > No Solaris Driver > Multimedia > Intel Corporation > HD Audio Controller > > Can I just disable the Modem and the HD audio in the windows device > manager to get around these? > > For the network card driver there is a Sun doc that says the workaround is > to run: update_drv -a -i '"pci8086,1064"' iprb > The problem with this is, I get "read-only file system" when I run this > command or try to edit any file for that matter. Seems I'm stuck in > maintenance mode? > I can list the output svcs -xv if that would help. > > I've already tried a reinstall of 11/06 over again and get the same > results. > > Thanks for any input, > Mark > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > [email protected] >
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