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Diskpartitioning divides a hard disk into multiple storage units referred to as partitions. A physical disk with multiple partitions is useful for running more than one operating system. Each Partition may use a different file system.

Solaris Sparc has its own disk label, cannot read a PC disk label.

When it gives up to boot from the HDD it continues with a net boot...

I assume you have got a new Sparc box or at least a new HDD?

Do you have a Solaris CD/DVD?

This is same HDD,. At first, the cpu is showing black screen when booting. No beep sound as well. I tried to remove the vga card and clean the contacts, and fortunately, it boots again with this "Bad magic number in disk label' message. We don not have Solaris CD/DVD. What can we do now?

Did it boot from this HDD before? If yes, then the disk got a corruption: the first sectors were changed. The reason is either a broken disk or the consequence from overlapping partitions. (The format utility does not check/warn if overlapping partitions are entered.)

Without a Solaris Sparc DVD or another Sparc box you cannot recover.

With a DVD (or other Sparc box or a working net boot server) it is still questionable if a recovery is possible, but at least a re-installation and recovery from file backup is straight forward.

Depending on the version of Solaris you are using, you may be able to download the media from Oracle without any charge. Whilst you need a license to run Solaris, you don't need a license to download it, as the ISO/etc. itself is a free download. So if the system is running a currently-supported release of Solaris (10 or 11), you can download it, burn it, and try to fix things out with it. You'll need to create an Oracle account and sign in with it, but that itself won't cost you anything.

I downloaded the DVD images and made via copy /b file1 + file2 the needed iso image on Windows XP Pro. Now I cant make a bootable DVD with Nero or Alcohol 120% Can anyone help pse or may advice which...

That's very interesting - the motherboard is definitely that of a Sun Blade 1500, but as has been remarked on, that's definitely not the chassis of a Blade 1500 workstation. It's almost as if someone has transplanted the motherboard and PSU of a Blade 1500 into a generic ATX-compatible PC case at some point in this system's life...which is a bit odd, but not necessarily a problem. The Blade 1500 was basically based on the PC-compatible ATX standard in terms of motherboard form factor and power supply, so I mean, you could do it, it's just a bit of an odd thing to do. But in any case, it doesn't - or shouldn't - pose a problem for what you're trying to do.

The default disk to boot from is stored in the service processor memory and, if that configuration is lost/corrupted, then the system might be trying to boot from somewhere else giving rise to "bad magic number". That would also happen if it's trying to boot from the wrong partition.

I just wonder what happens when one wire in the (parallel-)cable is not connected.You'll get a "data corruption".

So I suggest to check the flat cable. Move the connectors half out and back in, that will clean it from dust or oxyde.

There could be an issue with the CD drive itself, or with the CD which you have burned. But there are still a couple of other possibilities here as well, such as your device aliases not actually matching the current state of the devices (e.g. since this is an IDE/ATAPI-based system, the order of the drives could have changed such that the aliases in NVRAM are no longer correct).

At the moment I'm not sure what was causing the problem, but since it was full of things that I did not use and it was slow, I decided to reinstall a fresh Windows 7. Then after installing drivers and some software, I reinstalled Magic Disc, it was working, and I used it to mount some iso files.

Old thread but i believe i had the exact same issue today. Happened to install magicdisk earlier today and then a few hours later my pc would not get past the windows logo screen, tried safeboot and it kept getting stuck at apmwin.sys. Startup repair wouldn't do it either and my restore points threw errors (0x80070005).

MagicDisc is a software application that is used to create and manage virtual CD/DVD drives on a computer. It allows you to mount disk images (such as ISO files) as virtual CD/DVD drives, which can be accessed just like physical CD/DVD drives.With MagicDisc, you can mount a wide range of disk image formats, including ISO, BIN, IMG, and NRG. You can also create virtual drives for CD/DVDs that are physically inserted into the computer's CD/DVD drive.Easily mount virtual drives to your PCMagicDisc includes a number of features that make it easy to manage and use virtual CD/DVD drives. For example, you can use the application to create and manage virtual drives, as well as mount and unmount disk images. You can also use MagicDisc to create bootable USB drives and to create and burn ISO files.The application supports mounting of up to 15 drives in total. With that, you can play games, run installation packages and even view DVD movies that were packages as image files.To sum it upOverall, MagicDisc is a useful tool for creating and managing virtual CD/DVD drives on a computer, and can be particularly useful for users who need to access CD/DVDs on a computer that does not have a physical CD/DVD drive.Features of MagicDiscDisc image conversion: Convert disc images between different formats, such as ISO, BIN and CUE.Disc image creation: Create disc images from physical CDs and DVDs, allowing you to store copies of your discs on your hard drive.Disc image mounting: Mount disc images, allowing you to access the contents of the image as if it were a physical disc.Disc image protection: Password-protect your disc images to prevent unauthorized access.Easy to use: User-friendly interface and simple controls, making it easy to use even for beginners.Supports these image formats: BIN (CDRWin), IMA/IMG (Generic disk images), CIF (Easy CD Creator), NRG (Nero - Burning ROM) and many more.Virtual CD/DVD drive: Creates virtual CD and DVD drives on your computer, allowing you to access the contents of your disc images without physically inserting the disc.Compatibility and LicenseMagicDisc is provided under a freeware license on Windows from disc utilities with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 2.7.106 is the latest version last time we checked.

I didn't what to buy a swap magic disc because I didn't really what to spend 25 $ on some thing I would only ever use once. After the free mc boot exploit is installed you never need a swap disc again it's sort of like the independence exploit with out the need for a ps1 trigger disk.

First you need to be able to swap discs on you ps2. For the fat you need to make a swap tool out of an old credit card to change discs with out pushing the eject button just Google ps2 swap tool. If you have a slim like me just follow this Tutorial

click iso tools then click change TOC for selected file do not change the LBA, change the size of the file to the size of launch.elf the size is in bytes so for launch elf 4.21 you would change it to 877420 ( I don't think you can change this value to a larger size and have it work but I might be wrong) now rename launch elf to the file you are replacing in my case driving.elf then in apache select iso tools again and click update, selected file then browse to the location of your renamed launch.elf and select it. Now close apache and burn the modded iso to disk. In DVD decrypter insert a blank dvd, select mode, iso, write, select your modded iso and then click burn.

The next step differs depending on the game you use and the file you replaced, if you used 007 agent under fire like me and replaced the driving.elf then load up your saved game slot then go to select level and select the level where you are driving. Then you will get a loading screen and instead of loading the level it will load launch.elf which you can use it to load any exploit you want. I used launch.elf to load the free mc boot installer from a thumb drive.

If you deleted your bond saved games then you might want to try replacing the action.elf with launch elf instead I think this will load launch elf on the first mission but I'm not sure I didn't try it. If you used a different game it's up to you to figure out how to trigger the exploit. A couple of the games I looked at had a credits elf I would assume to trigger that if that's the file you replaced you would have to beat the game.

From my standpoint, (a person who has Swap Magic), it's a great alternative for people who don't want, or cannot throw out the extra buck to purchase Swap Magic. As a homebrew loading process it takes much longer, but for free there's not really much room for complaining.

I can verify that this does work on disks that don't have multiple binaries and the elf doesn't have to be on the root of the drive...i can also unfortunately verify as well that other bond games even with a driving.elf do not work..i managed to pull it off with a jakk2 demo disk of all things..best luck to all

Magic Disk - Witch (S M V)Spell Level1ClassWizardSchoolInvocation/Evocation

ForceDetailsRange20 yds.Duration1 turnAOE1 creature per rd.Casting Time1SaveNoneRequirementsSomatic, Material, Verbal,SourceWizard's Spell Compendium Vol 2This spell conjures a glowing disk of magical energy about a foot in diameter. The witch can throw the disk at opponents once per round. The device confers a +3 bonus to attack rolls and can affect creatures struck only by magical weapons. The disc can be hurled at an opponent fleeing around a corner and it will follow, but this reduces the attack bonus to +1. A hit inflicts 1 point of damage upon the target creature. After each throw, the disk returns to the witch's hand, ready for the next round.

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