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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:00 AM

My current install of Solaris 8 now fails to boot...

Is there a rescue disk or something that I can download and boot from
so that I can fsck the root filesystem or something?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:00 AM

BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:

> My current install of Solaris 8 now fails to boot...
>
> Is there a rescue disk or something that I can download and boot from
> so that I can fsck the root filesystem or something?
>

The normal procedure here is to boot from CDROM. Use boot -s from the
installation CD.

You should probably find out what's wrong before trying to repair it.
An effort to repair a problem you don't understand could well make
matters worse!!

What error do you get when it fails to boot?

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 10:00 AM

You may still be able to boot into single user without the CD. From the
'ok' prompt type boot -s
You will need root access for this. If you can get in attempt to fsck
the disk(s).

fsck -F ufs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2

Depending on your hardware configuration the above command may work or
not. Check to see how many controllers and disks you have.

BertieBigBollox@gmail.com wrote:
> My current install of Solaris 8 now fails to boot...
>
> Is there a rescue disk or something that I can download and boot from
> so that I can fsck the root filesystem or something?

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