Re: Autoboot Failure - More on ......

From: Adam Smith (adamsmith_at_econ.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:11:53 -0700

I forgot to mention also that I did do a "resetenv" >> Done ==> Command
Prompt Menu

Error message returned:
Unable to execute xio(0)pci(15)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)/unix:
media not loaded
Autoboot failed.
xio(0)pci(15)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)/unix: not loaded.
hit Enter to continue

Which returns the system to the Command Prompt
>> Start System ==> goes into an endless loop of the same

>> Install System ==>
Unable to execute xio(0)pci(13)scsi(2)cdrom(7)partition(8)sash64 --
media not loaded.
Unable to continue; press <enter> to return to menu:

With the disk as an option disk in a second machine :
dvhtool -v list /dev/rdsk/dks0d2vh

Current contents:
         File name Length Block #
         sgilabel 512 2
         ide 281088 3
         sash 281088 552
         IP30prom 868352 1101
So sash is present, but /unix apparently is not. How can I determine if
it is present and if it is not, how (and from where) can I add it.

Thanks

Adam Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> System disk (18 Gb) failure on Octane machine. Replaced w/ new
> (36 Gb)disk, formatted, partitioned and reinstalled. worked fine, then
> restored files from backup tapes. Partitioning was not exactly like
> original and one partitioned was impacted - 100% full - system went down
> again. Repartitioned / resized with fx --x in expert mode. On restarting
> sys drops to single user mode ==> command prompt and displays the
> following error message ===>
> Autoboot failed
> Unable to execute xio(0)pci(15)scsi(0)disk(1)partition(0)/unix: media
> not loaded
> Hit Enter to continue
>
> Doing so returns screen to Menu (Command Prompt). Thought I had
> compromised my volume headers but did a dvhtools and all the contents
> seemed OK, the partitions, geometry, sgilabel etc. all present.
>
> What could be causing this, and how can I correct this?
>
> -- Adam --

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