I recently purchased a used sun ulta 5 that is supposed to have solaris 8 installed on it. My problem is that I can't get the system to boot up! Upon start up , while trying to boot from the boot disk prompt, I get :
configuring IPv4 interfaces:hme0.
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0:INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT I
(A bunch of these INCORRECT messages)
NIS domainname is nms.fnc.fujitsu.com
SUNW,hme0:No response from ethernet network:Link down -- Cable Problem?

When I go into the help menu and try running the diagnostic tests it gets to the Internal LoopBack Test-- and just freezes there!

Someone suggested that the drive is configured into slices, whatever that might mean.

What I am trying to do is to just get onto the system and run it as a solo system at home. I would be willing to reinstall Solaris if that was the case ! I want to be able to use the system and access it. I would greatly appreciate any feedback except the line "just plug in the cable!" I am not going to be on a network and don't want to boot from the net. Thank you!

boot your machine in single user (maintenance) mode and remove /etc/defaultdomain you may also have to run fsck to fix disk error problems

I tried the above help but nothing happened. I am new to this environment and maybe I didn'y execute correctly. From the ok prompt I typed boot -s

then :
ok remove /ect/defaultdomain

I also tried :
ok fsckh

I might have done them wrong. Can someone let me know?Thanks!

I tried the above help but nothing happened. I am new to this environment and maybe I didn'y execute correctly. From the ok prompt I typed boot -s

then :
ok remove /ect/defaultdomain

I also tried :
ok fsck

I might have done them wrong. Can someone let me know?Thanks!

you have many options.

one. to reinstall.

put cd in drive, then type boot cdrom
it will start the install in a few minutes.
It will ask you many questions, one being do you want it networked..answer NO.

you can customize the slices on the disk, I suggest you do that.

A slice is as follows.
slice 0 is root
slice 2 is the whole disk
slice 3 is swap
etc.
by cutomizing ,you can allocate more space to
/usr,/var/, or /export/home/username

I use my U5 to connect to work via vpn, It works great!!

two..

if you don't want to reinstall then I believe you can then " sys-unconfig" the machine.
after typing sys-unconfig..power the machine off with "power-off" from OK prompt, then power it back on.
once it starts coming up it will ask you a bunch of questions, one is if you want it networked.

if you don't reinstall then the person prior was correct, you must fsck the drive.

it looks like your root drive has incosistencies.

the easiest way to do it is like this

fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0

hope this helps

Dave

Hi mate..
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then :
ok remove /ect/defaultdomain

I also tried :
ok fsckh

you needed to do
rm /etc/defaultdomain

and

fsck

and then follow prompts.

That should work (hopefully)

when trying to boot from cdrom, it says:

Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package

Can't open boot device

Any clue to what is causing this. Thanks for all the help guys!

The Bad Magic number could mean that you're trying to boot from a disk that is not bootable. (Do you have an original Solaris Software CD?).

Also did you check your devices to see that the PROM has everything set up right for the cdrom (ie: the target number if it's SCSI).