Can't open boot device

paddy_nyr

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Sep 5, 2008, 2:19:01 PM9/5/08

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Hi,

I'm trying to install Solaris 10 on a Sun Ultra 2 but I get the following
message "Can't open boot device". I get this message after the boot cdrom
command.

I know the CDROM works in that I was able to read software from a Solais 8
CD.

I downloaded the Solaris 10 software from Sun and then unzipped and copied
to a CD.

Thanks

Richard B. Gilbert

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Sep 5, 2008, 3:31:37 PM9/5/08

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Did you burn the "image" to the CD? If you burned it as a file the CD
will have a filesystem on it and will not be bootable.

paddy_nyr

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Sep 5, 2008, 3:31:11 PM9/5/08

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"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:RvGdnWApZ9sWFVzV...@comcast.com...

Hi,

I did burn as an "image' and I also did a checksum and compared it to what
was on the Sun website and all is correct.

Thamks

Martin Etteldorf

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Sep 10, 2008, 5:42:54 AM9/10/08

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paddy_nyr <mpp...@yahooc.om> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Solaris 10 on a Sun Ultra 2 but I get the following
> message "Can't open boot device". I get this message after the boot cdrom
> command.

Where does your cdrom alias at the OBP point to, and what's the SCSI
ID of your CD-Rom?

Martin

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Jorgen Moquist

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Oct 7, 2008, 5:41:41 PM10/7/08

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Can it be that you are using cd-rw media that the U2 cant read, try cd-r
media.
/Jorgen

Erik Heil

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Oct 8, 2008, 11:48:56 AM10/8/08

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Hi their. I've installed Solaris 10 on an Ultra 2 before. In fact, its
the machine that is enabling this SSH connection so that I can post and
read netnews. In order to be of more assistance to you, it would help if
you give us the output from the initial boot. i.e from power-on to after
you type boot cdrom at the OK prompt. Note that when I installed Solaris
10, I did so via a serial console, and all went just fine. Let me know
and I'll see what I can do to be of more asstance.

--Thanks
--Erik

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Jorgen Moquist

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Oct 8, 2008, 5:22:43 PM10/8/08

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Erik Heil wrote:
> Hi their. I've installed Solaris 10 on an Ultra 2 before. In fact, its
> the machine that is enabling this SSH connection so that I can post and
> read netnews. In order to be of more assistance to you, it would help if
> you give us the output from the initial boot. i.e from power-on to after
> you type boot cdrom at the OK prompt. Note that when I installed Solaris
> 10, I did so via a serial console, and all went just fine. Let me know
> and I'll see what I can do to be of more asstance.
>
> --Thanks
> --Erik
>

If i read you're message right you want the boot path, to the internal
cdrom @ scsi id 6 ?
sd@6,0:f is important, scsi id 6 sublun 0 slice f(5) is for Ultra.

ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f File and args:

ok probe-scsi-all
is your friend
you might set auto boot off while trying.

ok setenv auto-boot? false
ok reset
ok probe-scsi-all
ok setenv auto-boot? true

if you lost the cdrom alias
ok nvalias cdrom /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f
ok boot cdrom

/Jörgen