My original message is at the bottom.
I got too many responses to list here. Several people had the right
general idea that I had a bad shell script in /etc/rcS.d, but I still
would have spent hours trying to find the cause of the problem if not
for (drumroll, please)
*Alan Reichert*
who correctly guessed that someone (not me, or I might have known what
the problem was) had recently installed Checkpoint Firewall-1 v3.0b on
the system. It has a broken installation process that renders the system
unbootable if you don't apply fixes before installing. What I find
unconscionable is that, although Checkpoint explains how to fix the
problem on one of their well-hidden web pages, you can't download a
needed file from that page. It says:
"Using the regular Check Point support channels, please contact your
direct FireWall-1 reseller that will provide you with a patch, a new
"setbootsec" file, to this problem."
With support like that, we may decide to change vendors. Luckily for us,
Alan e-mailed the file to me, and all is well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anspach, Jonathan
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 12:33 PM
To: sun-managers@sunmanagers.ececs.uc.edu
Subject: Boot error
Howdy all,
I have a Sun that won't boot. During the boot sequence it puts out the
following messages:
/sbin/rcS: syntax error at line 142: ')' unexpected
INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx
INIT: failed write of utmpx entry: " "
INIT: failed write of utmpx entry: " "
I booted off the CDROM and mounted the disk. The /sbin/rcS file seems
okay (not that I would know) and has not been modified. There don't seem
to be any disk errors. Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thanks, and
I'll summarize.
Jonathan Anspach
Senior Software Engineer
Jaycor
505-344-4436
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