From: S. Loewenthal (sloewenthal@gemini.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 11:46:40 EST
A summary. Sorry, I forgot.
Thanks to everybody who replied. The list is endless.
In a nutshell, the new /etc/vfstab I created had the correct devices
listed but the block devices were incorrectly specified. Several bad
typos.
S.
George Monappallil wrote:
>Any replies to this. A summary would be very helpful
>Thanks,
>
>-George
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sunmanagers-bounces@sunmanagers.org
>[mailto:sunmanagers-bounces@sunmanagers.org] On Behalf Of S. Loewenthal
>Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:56 PM
>To: Sun Mangers
>Subject: Sol9.Mirror the root disc broke the server
>
>
>Dear all,
>
>Rather stupidly I followed a document that told me how to mirror the
>root disc on a Solaris 9 server. ( see
>http://www.batcom-it.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&It
>emid=41
>for more info.,).
>
>Sadly, after making these changes the sytstem never survived the
>reboot. DOes anyone know how to resurrect this? I got this:
>
># lockfs -fa && init 6
>[root@enif]/$
>INIT: New run level: 6
>The system is coming down. Please wait.
>System services are now being stopped.
>Print services already stopped.
>Nov 8 11:35:10 enif syslogd: going down on signal 15
>The system is down.
>syncing file systems... done
>rebooting...
>
>SC Alert: Host System has Reset
>Probing system devices
>Probing memory
>Probing I/O buses
>
>Sun Fire V210, No Keyboard
>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>OpenBoot 4.16.2, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #63946475. Ethernet
>address 0:3:ba:cf:be:eb, Host ID: 83cfbeeb.
>
>
>
>Rebooting with command: boot
>Boot device: disk0:a File and args:
>SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_118558-11 64-bit
>Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is
>subject to license terms.
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_trans failed
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_raid failed
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_hotspares failed
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_sp failed
>Hardware watchdog enabled
>configuring IPv4 interfaces: bge0.
>Hostname: enif
>mount: /dev/md/dsk/d30 is already mounted, /usr is busy,
> or the allowable number of mount points has been exceeded
>/sbin/rcS: /usr/sbin/devfsadm: not found
>/sbin/rcS: /usr/bin/loadkeys: not found
>/etc/rcS.d/S35svm.init: rm: not found
>/etc/rcS.d/S35svm.init: grep: not found
>WARNING: /proc could not be mounted
>/sbin/swapadd: expr: not found
>/sbin/swapadd: swap: not found
>
>WARNING - /usr/sbin/fsck not found. Most likely the
>mount of /usr failed or the /usr filesystem is badly
>damaged. The system is being halted. Either reinstall
>the system or boot with the -b option in an attempt
>to recover.
>
>syncing file systems... done
>Program terminated
>ok boot -a
>Probing system devices
>Probing memory
>Probing I/O buses
>
>Sun Fire V210, No Keyboard
>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>OpenBoot 4.16.2, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #63946475. Ethernet
>address 0:3:ba:cf:be:eb, Host ID: 83cfbeeb.
>
>
>
>Rebooting with command: boot -a
>Boot device: /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a File and args: -a Enter
>filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]: kernel/sparcv9/unix Enter default
>directory for modules [/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210/kernel
>/platform/sun4u/kernel /kernel /usr/kernel]:
>Name of system file [etc/system]: /etc/system.orig.date
>SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_118558-11 64-bit
>Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is
>subject to license terms. root filesystem type [ufs]: Enter physical
>name of root device
>[/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a]:
>Hardware watchdog enabled
>configuring IPv4 interfaces: bge0.
>Hostname: enif
>/sbin/rcS: /usr/sbin/devfsadm: not found
>/sbin/rcS: /usr/bin/loadkeys: not found
>/etc/rcS.d/S35svm.init: rm: not found
>/etc/rcS.d/S35svm.init: grep: not found
>WARNING: /proc could not be mounted
>/sbin/swapadd: expr: not found
>/sbin/swapadd: swap: not found
>
>WARNING - /usr/sbin/fsck not found. Most likely the
>mount of /usr failed or the /usr filesystem is badly
>damaged. The system is being halted. Either reinstall
>the system or boot with the -b option in an attempt
>to recover.
>
>syncing file systems... done
>Program terminated
>ok boot -b
>
>SC Alert: Host System has Reset
>Probing system devices
>Probing memory
>Probing I/O buses
>
>Sun Fire V210, No Keyboard
>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>OpenBoot 4.16.2, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #63946475. Ethernet
>address 0:3:ba:cf:be:eb, Host ID: 83cfbeeb.
>
>
>
>Rebooting with command: boot -b
>Boot device: /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a File and args: -b SunOS
>Release 5.9 Version Generic_118558-11 64-bit Copyright 1983-2003 Sun
>Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license
>terms.
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_trans failed
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_raid failed
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_hotspares failed
>WARNING: forceload of misc/md_sp failed
>Hardware watchdog enabled
>
>INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmpx
>
>INIT: SINGLE USER MODE
>
>Type control-d to proceed with normal startup,
>(or give root password for system maintenance):
>single-user privilege assigned to /dev/console.
>Entering System Maintenance Mode
>
>Nov 8 21:47:09 su: 'su root' succeeded for root on /dev/console
>-sh: /bin/i386: not found
>-sh: /usr/sbin/quota: not found
>-sh: /bin/cat: not found
>-sh: /bin/mail: not found
>#
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