Summary: Booting from DVD

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Date: 07/30/04

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    To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:58:17 +0200

    Thanks to Andy Yother, Sam Impastato and Ben Green for replying.

     

    They all expected the OS version to be a problem, link for this is:

    <http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFire280R/SunFire280R.html
    <http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFire280R/SunFire280R.html>
    >

     

    Special thanks to John Christian for the excellent comments he made.

    He also suggested the OS version, but then suspected a hardware CPU/memory
    problem, since during an install the high-data-transfer rates expose the
    hardware problems that normal day-to-day operations do not. Also he sent me
    a better way to diagnose the system from the OK prompt.

     

    Our problem is solved. We have tried several hardware changes, by taking out
    a CPU, but that did not really help. We did not have any additional memory
    chips, but took them out anyway. After reseating them, the system started
    acting normal again! Sometimes the little things we don't think of within a
    server environment will do the trick!

     

    Thanks again for all the help.

     

    Wim Pronk

    IT Specialist

    Library Computer Center, Heidelberg.

     

      _____

    Sent: Thu 7/29/2004 10:17 AM
    To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
    Subject: Booting from DVD

    Hi All,

    We have a weird problem. We have a 280R, dual processor, 2 * 73 GB HD and 4
    GB of RAM. The box is fully loaded with Solaris 9, including all patches.
    Today we wanted to reload the box, since we will have to use it for
    something else. We decide to do a complete fresh load from DVD.

    >From the OK prompt:

    Boot cdrom

    It starts the installation process, but stops with a panic reboot,
    complaining about CPU1, more we can not read. It then reboots into the
    original load. prntdiag -v gives us no hardware errors.

    Any ideas?

    Wim Pronk
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