install problems with solaris 2.8 7/01 and sparcstation5

From: Tom Welsh (twelsh@square-box.com)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 13:28:19 EDT

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Hi All,

I have spent all weekend trying to get Solaris 2.8 7/01 to run on a couple
of sparcstations I picked up in a car boot sale :-)

I have run through the install all ok but when it finishes and asks me to
reboot I get dropped to the OK prompt saying it cant find the boot program.
Can any one tell me what im doing wring? I did not move my boot device and I
believe its still booting from the default drive

----------<SNIP>----------

Rebooting with command:

Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@5,8400000/esp@5,8800000/sd@3,0:a File and
args:

bootblk: can't find the boot program

Program terminated

Type help for more information

ok

----------<SNIP>----------

Here is the full transcript of the postinstall after it had finished
installing Solaris.

Solaris 8 software installation succeeded

Customizing system files

        - Mount points table (/etc/vfstab)

        - Network host addresses (/etc/hosts)

Cleaning devices

Customizing system devices

        - Physical devices (/devices)

        - Logical devices (/dev)

Installing boot information

        - Installing boot blocks (c0t3d0s0)

Installation log location

        - /a/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log (before reboot)

        - /var/sadm/system/logs/install_log (after reboot)

Installation complete

Executing SolStart postinstall phase...

Executing finish script "patch_finish"...

Finish script patch_finish execution completed.

Executing JumpStart postinstall phase...

The begin script log 'begin.log'

is located in /var/sadm/system/logs after reboot.

The finish script log 'finish.log'

is located in /var/sadm/system/logs after reboot.

# sync

# sync

# reboot

syncing file systems... done

rebooting...

Resetting ...

screen not found.

SPARCstation 5, Keyboard Present

ROM Rev. 2.15, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #7400089.

Ethernet address 8:0:20:1a:9e:96, Host ID: 8070ea99.

Rebooting with command:

Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@5,8400000/esp@5,8800000/sd@3,0:a File and
args:

bootblk: can't find the boot program

Program terminated

Type help for more information

Ok

All help greatfully received.

Cheers

Tom
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