Hi, Thanks to Buddy Lumpkin, who nailed the problem: "Yes, you can create the symlink. In Solaris 8 or later, the entire distribution plus OEM support should create all of these directories, but in previous versions it did not. So install a fresh boot block (cd /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs; installboot bootsd /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 (substitute proper boot device)) then since you followed Anand's procedure, use the appropriate find|cpio command to copy over /usr/platform: (cd /usr/platform ; find . -depth -print | cpio -pdmu /a/usr/platform) Regards, --Buddy" Also thanks again to Anand Chouthai. Regards, Filipe Litaiff -----Original Message----- Hi Fellow Forumers, Few weeks ago I submitted a question about trying to boot an originally E10000 installed boot disk on other platform. The feedback was great, and thanks again to those who shared their experience. But... when we tried it in real life some weird and unexpected things are happening. The procedure consists basically by the following: *** cd /a mv dev dev.dr mv devices devices.dr mkdir dev devices cd /dev find . -depth -print | cpio -pdm /a/dev cd /devices find . -depth -print | cpio -pdm /a/devices cd /a/etc mv path_to_inst path_to_inst.dr cp /tmp/root/etc/path_to_inst . change the vfstab to appropriate disk config If the E10000 disk was encapsulated then take the rootdev entries out from system file install bootblk on the disk cd /a/etc mv ssphostname ssphostname.dr init 0 ok> boot -rasvw *** After all steps done, got the message "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable" SunSolve says that the cause of this message is "The boot block is missing or corrupted." I4ve reinstalled but the problem persists on the E420. - I followed the /usr/platform and /platform directories and noticed that my E10000 hasn4t all sun4u directories : [root@lab2 /a/platform]# ls -l total 6 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Aug 16 1999 SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 1 12:39 sun4u1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Aug 16 1999 tadpole4m [root@lab2 /a/usr/platform]# ls -l total 12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar 3 14:30 SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000 -> sun4u1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Aug 16 1999 sun4c drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Aug 16 1999 sun4d drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Aug 16 1999 sun4m drwxr-xr-x 4 root sys 512 Jan 27 2000 sun4u drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 512 Aug 17 1999 sun4u1 [root@lab2 /a/usr/platform]# ls -l sun4u total 4 drwxr-xr-x 4 bin bin 512 Aug 16 1999 include (doesn4t have lin dir) drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 512 May 24 2002 sbin [root@lab2 /a/usr/platform]# ls -l sun4u1 total 6 drwxr-xr-x 4 bin bin 512 Aug 17 1999 include drwxr-xr-x 4 bin bin 512 Feb 18 2001 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 512 Feb 1 12:12 sbin - In the new E420 "DR" computer, I have : [root@lab2 /platform]# ls -l total 52 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:45 Axil-Ultima1 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:45 Axil-Ultima2 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:45 FJSV,GP -> sun4u drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:45 SUNW,Ultra-1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:51 SUNW,Ultra-1-Engine drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:45 SUNW,Ultra-2 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:56 SUNW,Ultra-250 drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:45 SUNW,Ultra-30 drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:45 SUNW,Ultra-4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-5_10 drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-60 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 11:22 SUNW,Ultra-80 -> sun4u drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:45 SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:51 SUNW,UltraAX-MP drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:50 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:51 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TSBW,8000 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TSBW,Ultra-2i -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_U2MP_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_UX2_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_UX4_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_UX_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_U_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_i_Series -> sun4u drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 12:20 sun4u drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:57 tadpole4m [root@lab2 /usr/platform]# ls -l total 56 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:45 Axil-Ultima1 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:45 Axil-Ultima2 -> sun4u drwxrwxr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:45 FJSV,GP lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-1 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:46 SUNW,Ultra-1-Engine -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-2 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-250 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-30 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-4 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-5_10 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-60 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 11:22 SUNW,Ultra-80 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:46 SUNW,UltraAX-MP -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:46 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:46 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TSBW,8000 -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TSBW,Ultra-2i -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_U2MP_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_UX2_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_UX4_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_UX_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_U_Series -> sun4u lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Feb 24 10:44 TWS,COMPstation_i_Series -> sun4u drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:50 sun4c drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:50 sun4d drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:50 sun4m drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 512 Feb 24 10:50 sun4u [root@lab2 /usr/platform]# ls -l sun4u total 6 drwxr-xr-x 4 bin bin 512 Feb 24 10:50 include drwxr-xr-x 5 bin bin 512 Feb 24 11:56 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 512 Feb 24 12:03 sbin Question: Can I create a "SUNW Ultra-80" link to sun4u1 in the "real boot disk" ? Can I create a separated sun4u directory ? Thanks in advance, Filipe. _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Mon Mar 8 08:31:21 2004
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