I have a used sun ultra 5 workstation that I can't get to boot to solaris. I believe that the configuration is screwed up. I have no passwords so I am trying to reinstall Solaris 8 so that I can get into the system. When I insert the solaris 1 disk and type
ok boot cdrom
or
ok boot cdrom -s

It says bad magic number in disk label
can't open disk label package
Evaluating: boot cdrom
can't open boot device

Any thoughts on how to get it to boot from cdrom? Thanks Guys

Hello....

It could be that the cdrom alias stored
at theboot prom level is different from
the actual cdrom device name.
Compare the cdrom alias using command
"devalias" with the physical cdrom device
name that you can get by doing a probe-scsi.

If they are different then you'll have to
replace the alias "cdrom" with the full
physical device name

Hope this helps

Lyndon, I don't have any experience on workstations. Could you simplify your answer and maybe give me an example? Thanks for the reply!

Hi Ted,

When you type 'boot cdrom'at the ok promt the
word cdrom is an alias for the physical
name of the cdrom device.

If you type in 'devalias' at the ok promt you'll
get a list of aliasname/realname for example for an ultra5 the output should be similar to
below :
cdrom /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f

This alias is can be userdefined and sometime
incorrectly specified.

Run the command 'probe-ide' and see what device the cdrom is listed as. Ensure that this number matches the 'cdrom@2' portion of
the cdrom alias above.

If your Ultra5 system has the default config
then the cdrom alias should bevery similar to the one above.

Lyndon

Try this:

ok> boot cdrom - install

###Must be with the spaces before and after the "-"

Hi Ted,
I seem to be having the same problem with my U10. Though the device name and the alias for my cdrom match, even then i get the error "can't open boot device'.

Can you tell me , how you solved this problem?

Thanks a million

I have the same problem. I kept notes on the procedure to remedy the situation, gut they are on a dead computer. So, I am trying to relearn. I used to assign the device using the alphanumeric string, but I don't remember the sequence. I was told that possibly the CDROM is installed in the wrong place on the ide chain. Anyone know where is should be by default?

It has an alias:
cdrom@2,3:f

Probe-ide doesn't show a CDROM on the chain? Only the two 30 GB drives. Why?

Thanks

Lyndon,
I also have the same problem with Ted. On doing probe-ide, I have the following

Device 0 (Primary Master)
ATA MODEL: ST320413A

Device 2 (Secondary Master)
REMOVABLE ATAPI MODEL: CREATIVE CD5233E

I want to ask Is the device model synonymous with name. When I tried
boot CREATIVE CD5233E , it prompts me for filename[CREATIVE}

Thanks.