I'm beginner with all this unix stuff and I'm trying to install a Solaris 8 but I got this error:
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ok boot cdrom
SC Alert: Host System has Reset
Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard
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OpenBoot 4.13.2, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #61368979.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:a8:6a:93, Host ID: 83a86a93.
Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
Enter filename [kernel/sparcv9/unix]:
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix
you try to install and old version of solaris8, don't you? on a v240 with the newest cpu's (1.33GHz and 1.5GHz) you must use at least solaris8 02/04 (solaris9 would be update7 09/04) . with the old cd's you don't have the kernel image for that mashines....
hit 'stop a' (that's the stop/L1 key and the A key at the same time) on an attached keyboard, (simply plugging one in and pulling it back out will do the same thing) Failing that you'll need to plug in a serial console (laptop/VT100) and send a break. The program, Putty, or terraterm on a PC, can do this for you.
It should drop to the OK prompt
From there, type: test all
It should then go off and check your hardware.
You may also be able to do: test disk
Which may or may not offer you choices, one of which should say, (read data only) pick that one.
You don't need to do probe-scsi, since the machine can obviously see the disk, as it's attempting to boot from it.
It looks like it can't find your kernel, so the OSboot loader has run, and tried to hand control to the kernel but can't find it, so it's asking you where it is.
The quick and dirty option, is to pull your boot disk, (usually drive 0) then slap it hard on the top with the heel of your hand once. It should be hard enough to hurt your hard, but not cripple you
Once you've hit it, slot it back in, and fire it up again. What hitting it does is it frees up the heads if they get "stuck" However, if the system has been on for a long time undisturbed, and then you've turned it off and left it, it may have just died. This is normal. If you moved the system while it was powered up, you've probably killed it. You can mount the drive in another machine if you think the PSU in the 440 is faulty.
In the unlikely/lucky event, the machine comes back up, take a full system backup, and salvage as much as you can before you power it off. It likely wont come back up again.
As a general rule if the orange light goes on, it's hardware failure of some sort, call Sun, if you have a support contract, if not, start pulling FRU's and replacing them, and see what happens. anysystems.com have spares if you need them, and you don't have Sun support.
If you're in business you need some form of hardware cover, in case this sort of thing happens.
Listen very carefully to confirm you can hear the drive spinning up, this should start as a low whine then get higher in pitch, then stay constant.
Then listen for a light 'tick-tick-tick', this is the sound of the heads moving backwards and forwards and is normal.
If you hear "whrrrr-clunk, whrrrr-clunk" that is the heads going backwards and forwards looking for track zero and is a bad noise to hear.
If you have another system you can plug the drive into then do a low level copy of the entire disk image if possible. As always testing the drive in another machine confirms if it is a hardware problem.
Hello night_mare! I've exactly the same problem.
I need to install Solaris 8 because is a requeriment for the purposes in my work. I'm trying to install Solaris 8 in a logical domain with LDOMS in a SUN T5120 SPARC and I get "boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix" because my CDs don't have the kernel image. But now is very difficult to found this other release solaris8 02/04. Can you help me?
Tanks in advance!
Yes, I'm agree with you, but I'm asking about to install Solaris 8 in Logical domain below the hypervisor control and not directly in the control domain. Do you think this is impossible?
For instance WikysSun purpose install Solaris8, Solaris9 in Solaris10 Containers solution. You can see this article: Solaris Containers - BigAdmin - wikis.sun.com
In the similar form in the LDOMS solution I had believe that is possible but I'm not very sure ...
