when i am starting solaris10 with 'fail safe mode' on intel
machine it is asking "#starting
shell".what is it and how to solve this problem?
- 3 Answers
- 8669 Views
- Wipro, I also Faced
- E-Mail Answers
Answer Posted / mohammed mukram
This issue occurs if the boot archive is CORRUPTED.
Recover boot_archive with Solaris Volume Manager
After booting in failsafe mode, Solaris won’t mount
automatically your root file system. Sun recommend to break
the mirror and boot directly on one side of the mirror.
If found this method can cause more problems then solving
the initial problem. For that reason, I found it easier to
mount the meta directly.
Here is the steps you should perform:
• Boot in failsafe mode if you are using a new-boot kernel:
boot -F failsafe
• Mount one side of the mirror in read-only: mount -o ro
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
• Copy the file /a/kernel/drv/md.conf to /kernel/drv/md.conf
• Reload the kernel module: update_drv -f md
• Initialize SVM: metainit -r
• Re-sync the mirror if needed: metasync -r
• fsck the meta if you want
• Mount the meta: mount /dev/md/dsk/d0 /a
• Update the boot archive: bootadm update-archive -R /a
• Umount the root filesystem
• Reboot
Here is an example session:
Executing last command: boot -F failsafe
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@8/disk@1,0:a File and
args: -F failsafe
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_141444-09 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Configuring devices.
Searching for installed OS instances...
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 is under md control, skipping.
To manually recover the boot archive on a root mirror,
please refer
to procedure written in this section of the Solaris
Administration Guide.
How to Manually Update the Boot Archive on a RAID-1
(Mirror) Volume
The section is located at URL :
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985/ghgnq?a=view
SUNW,eri0 : 100 Mbps full duplex link up
SUNW,eri1 : 100 Mbps full duplex link up
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0 is under md control, skipping.
To manually recover the boot archive on a root mirror,
please refer
to procedure written in this section of the Solaris
Administration Guide.
How to Manually Update the Boot Archive on a RAID-1
(Mirror) Volume
The section is located at URL :
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985/ghgnq?a=view
No installed OS instance found.
Starting shell.
# mount -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
# cp /a/kernel/drv/md.conf /kernel/drv/md.conf
# umount /a
# update_drv -f md
devfsadm: mkdir failed for /dev 0x1ed: Read-only file system
# metainit -r
# metastat -c
d5 m 2.8GB d25 (maint) d15 (maint)
d25 s 2.8GB c0t1d0s5
d15 s 2.8GB c0t0d0s5
d4 m 3.0GB d24 (maint) d14 (maint)
d24 s 3.0GB c0t1d0s4
d14 s 3.0GB c0t0d0s4
d1 m 2.0GB d21 (maint) d11 (maint)
d21 s 2.0GB c0t1d0s1
d11 s 2.0GB c0t0d0s1
d0 m 9.0GB d20 (maint) d10 (maint)
d20 s 9.0GB c0t1d0s0
d10 s 9.0GB c0t0d0s0
# metasync -r
# metastat -c
d5 m 2.8GB d25 d15
d25 s 2.8GB c0t1d0s5
d15 s 2.8GB c0t0d0s5
d4 m 3.0GB d24 d14
d24 s 3.0GB c0t1d0s4
d14 s 3.0GB c0t0d0s4
d1 m 2.0GB d21 d11
d21 s 2.0GB c0t1d0s1
d11 s 2.0GB c0t0d0s1
d0 m 9.0GB d20 d10
d20 s 9.0GB c0t1d0s0
d10 s 9.0GB c0t0d0s0
# fsck /dev/md/rdsk/d0
** /dev/md/rdsk/d0
** Last Mounted on /
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
** Phase 3a - Check Connectivity
** Phase 3b - Verify Shadows/ACLs
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
** Phase 5 - Check Cylinder Groups
74831 files, 2955971 used, 6329329 free (3377 frags, 790744
blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
# mount /dev/md/dsk/d0 /a
# bootadm update-archive -R /a
Creating boot_archive for /a
updating /a/platform/sun4u/boot_archive
15+0 records in
15+0 records out
# umount /a
# init 6
The system is being restarted.
# syncing file systems... done
rebooting...
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 0 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
what is mean by netfmd in sun cluster what is the use of netfmd and what is the relation between ccd and netfmd?
In a two node cluster i have typed #hastart command in one node.The cluster is starting in second node also,what is going in background?
What is cachefs?
when i am starting solaris10 with 'fail safe mode' on intel machine it is asking "#starting shell".what is it and how to solve this problem?
How do u know that,what patch can be applicable on the system?
What is the use of Sam utility in solaris
how can u give space garentee for volume in netapp storage
Hi, I need information regarding LDOMS.Like What is LDOMS ,Creation of LDOMS, errors on LDOMS, troubleshooting LDOMS...etc.... pls post the info. Regards, Naresh
What is the zone in DNS?
Local zone in shutting down state.how to bring state of zone to installed?
How to create a gateway?
hi to all,, i need few real time issues please provide me,, if you have any,,,
