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Solaris 10 Install on Netra T1 /sbin/init failure

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David Gresham

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Jun 4, 2005, 3:37:03 PM6/4/05
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I am trying to install Solaris 10 on a Netra T1 with 320mb
of memory and 2 18gb disks. I go through the process
of basically taking the defaults and providing network
information.

It goes through the process of installing and when it boots
I get the following:


Netra t1 (UltraSPARC-IIi 360MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.10.24 ME, 320 MB memory installed, Serial #12757538.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:c2:aa:22, Host ID: 80c2aa22.

Executing last command: boot
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a File and args:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
WARNING: exec(/sbin/init) failed (file not found).

(Could not start init) Program terminated
ok

scsi-probe-all reveals:

/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2
Target 0
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST318404LSUN18G 5221
Target 1
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST318404LSUN18G 4207

ok

printenv

Variable Name Value Default Value

tpe-link-test? true true
scsi-initiator-id 7 7
keyboard-click? false false
keymap
watchdog-timeout 65535 65535
watchdog-enable? false false
ttyb-rts-dtr-off false false
ttyb-ignore-cd true true
ttya-rts-dtr-off false false
ttya-ignore-cd true true
ttyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-
ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,-
cpci-probe-list 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b, ... 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,
pcia-probe-list 1 1
pcib-probe-list 1,2,3 1,2
mfg-mode off off
diag-level max max
d7s-flipped? false false
#power-cycles 53
system-board-serial#
system-board-date
last-poweroff-cause 0 0
env-monitor enabled enabled
shutdown-temperature 74 72
warning-temperature 69 67
fcode-debug? false false
output-device ttya screen
input-device ttya keyboard
load-base 16384 16384
auto-boot-retry? false false
use-boot-table? false false
boot-command boot boot
auto-boot? false true
watchdog-reboot? false false
diag-file
diag-device net net
boot-file
boot-device /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2 ... disk net
local-mac-address? false false
net-timeout 0 0
ansi-terminal? true true
screen-#columns 80 80
screen-#rows 34 34
silent-mode? false false
use-nvramrc? false false
nvramrc
security-mode none
security-password
security-#badlogins 0
oem-logo
oem-logo? false false
oem-banner
oem-banner? false false
hardware-revision
last-hardware-update
diag-switch? false false
ok

any ideas? I saw now errors during the install process at all.


Dave

Steve S.

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Jun 4, 2005, 3:54:49 PM6/4/05
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> Executing last command: boot
> Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2/disk@0,0:a File and args:
> SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bit
> Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
> Use is subject to license terms.
> WARNING: exec(/sbin/init) failed (file not found).
>
> (Could not start init) Program terminated

>

> any ideas? I saw now errors during the install process at all.
>
>
> Dave

I would boot into single user mode (boot cdrom -s) and mount the root
disk to examine /sbin/init.

FWIW here is the MD5 hash I show for /sbin/init :

-bash-3.00$ md5-sparc /sbin/init
MD5 (/sbin/init) = dd9a43501ba00316fa6e9874bde38a2a

Steve

Matty

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Jun 4, 2005, 3:58:28 PM6/4/05
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I would recommend booting from CDROM and mounting the root partition to
see if /sbin/init exists. I would also check /var/sadm/install/contents
to see if SUNWcsr

tunla

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Jun 4, 2005, 4:59:13 PM6/4/05
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David Gresham wrote:
> I am trying to install Solaris 10 on a Netra T1 with 320mb
> of memory and 2 18gb disks. I go through the process
> of basically taking the defaults and providing network
> information.
>
> It goes through the process of installing and when it boots
> I get the following:
>
>
> Netra t1 (UltraSPARC-IIi 360MHz), No Keyboard
> OpenBoot 3.10.24 ME, 320 MB memory installed, Serial #12757538.
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:c2:aa:22, Host ID: 80c2aa22.

there is Boot prom upgrade to 3.10.27 Patch Id: 108673-02

My SunBlade 2000 did not even find the disk with S10 untill I
upgraded OBP.

//Lars

David Gresham

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Jun 4, 2005, 6:50:20 PM6/4/05
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In article <ipKdnVEii8E...@comcast.com>,

Steve S. <stev...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>I would boot into single user mode (boot cdrom -s) and mount the root
>disk to examine /sbin/init.
>
>FWIW here is the MD5 hash I show for /sbin/init :
>
>-bash-3.00$ md5-sparc /sbin/init
>MD5 (/sbin/init) = dd9a43501ba00316fa6e9874bde38a2a
>
I don't seem to have md5-sparc on the machine, but ls shows:

-r-xr-xr-x 1 0 3 48984 Jan 22 17:47 /mnt/sbin/init


Dave

David Gresham

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Jun 4, 2005, 7:17:08 PM6/4/05
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In article <tImdnTXbe-R...@comcast.com>,

Matty <mat...@daemons.net> wrote:
>
>I would recommend booting from CDROM and mounting the root partition to
>see if /sbin/init exists. I would also check /var/sadm/install/contents
>to see if SUNWcsr

It does exist, here is the ouput of ls


-r-xr-xr-x 1 0 3 48984 Jan 22 17:47 /mnt/sbin/init

I've looked at contents and do see SUNWcsr referenced in their without
any errors as far as I can see:

/sbin/init f none 0555 root sys 48984 44194 1106444840 SUNWcsr

Dave


Steve S.

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Jun 4, 2005, 7:55:10 PM6/4/05
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At least the file size looks correct :

-bash-3.00$ ls -l /sbin/init
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 48984 Jan 22 20:47 /sbin/init

David Gresham

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Jun 4, 2005, 11:31:02 PM6/4/05
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In article <tImdnTXbe-R...@comcast.com>,
Matty <mat...@daemons.net> wrote:
>
>I would recommend booting from CDROM and mounting the root partition to
>see if /sbin/init exists. I would also check /var/sadm/install/contents
>to see if SUNWcsr

I was able to look at the install_log and found that SUNWcsr
installed correctly. However, I did saw the following message:

Installation of <SUNWssad> was successful.

cpio: Impossible header type.

1 errors

Unarchiving of /cdrom/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWcslr/archive/none failed with error

1

pkgadd: ERROR: class action script did not complete successfully

Installation of <SUNWcslr> failed.

156 blocks

Reboot client to install driver.

So, does this point to bad media? I did update the Openboot
to 3.10.27 ME before doing this (someone suggested that I do this).

Dave


UNIX admin

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Jun 5, 2005, 3:36:20 AM6/5/05
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David Gresham wrote:
> I don't seem to have md5-sparc on the machine, but ls shows:
>
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 0 3 48984 Jan 22 17:47 /mnt/sbin/init

Check /mnt/etc/vfstab.

David Gresham

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Jun 5, 2005, 10:04:03 AM6/5/05
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In article <42a2ab6f$0$1145$5402...@news.sunrise.ch>,

vfstab looks good from what I can tell:

#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
#
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 / ufs 1 no
-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1 /var ufs 1 no
-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7 /export/home ufs 2
yes -
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -


Also, I noticed this in the log file:

cpio: Impossible header type.
1 errors
Unarchiving of /cdrom/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWcslr/archive/none failed with error
1
pkgadd: ERROR: class action script did not complete successfully

Installation of <SUNWcslr> failed.


Bad Media? I had downloaded the iso's and burned it using nero
at the slowest speed (8x).


Dave

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