I am a solaris novice. I have a Sunfire V100 server that wont boot from disk or CD-ROM in both cases I get the error "Cant open boot device" the server is brand new so I dont suspect hardware problems. I need a way to get out of this and re-install the operating system. There is no data on the server so I have no problem starting over. There are several refrences to this error on many site but no exact work around. Thanks,

hi, you must check boot-device value with command : printenv in ok mode . for ok mode use key stop+A. regards

Thanks for your reply. However I remain stuck. I have tried setting boot-device to disk and to cdrom and I still have the same error. If anyone else has suggestions please pass them on. Im perfectly willing to blow the machine away and re-install...if I knew how to do it!

hi, i think you must use Solaris 8 1.01 or later for re-install. i need information completly at error "Cant open boot device" .

hassan - here are the error messages and the output from some basic system commands that I found on the web. Thanks for your help. Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk File and args: Can't open boot device ok boot cdrom Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@3,0:f File and args: Can't open boot device This server has a single IDE drive and 1 cdrom drive. Here is the ouput from devalias disk /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk disk /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@2,0 rtc /pci@1f,0/isa@7/rtc@0,70 usb /pci@1f,0/usb@a flash /pci@1f,0/isa@7/flashprom@1f,0 lom /pci@1f,0/isa@7/SUNW,lomh@0,8010 i2c-nvram /pci@1f,0/pmu@3/i2c@0,0/i2c-nvram@0,aa net1 /pci@1f,0/ethernet@5 dload1 /pci@1f,0/ethernet@5:, dload /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c:, net0 /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c net /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c cdrom /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@3,0:f disk3 /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@3,0 disk2 /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@2,0 disk1 /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@1,0 disk0 /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0 ide /pci@1f,0/ide@d floppy /pci@1f,0/isa@7/dma/floppy ttyb /pci@1f,0/isa@7/serial@0,2e8 ttya /pci@1f,0/isa@7/serial@0,3f8 Here is the output from Printenv ok printenv Variable Name Value Default Value ras-shutdown-enabled? false false shutdown-temp 75 75 warning-temp 70 70 env-monitor disabled disabled diag-passes 1 1 diag-continue? 0 0 diag-targets 0 0 diag-verbosity 0 0 keyboard-click? false false keymap scsi-initiator-id 7 7 #power-cycles 31 No default system-board-serial# No default system-board-date No default ttyb-rts-dtr-off false false ttyb-ignore-cd true true ttya-rts-dtr-off false false ttya-ignore-cd true true ttyb-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,- ttya-mode 9600,8,n,1,- 9600,8,n,1,- pci-probe-list 7,3,c,5,a,d 7,3,c,5,a,d mfg-mode off off diag-level max max fcode-debug? false false output-device ttya ttya input-device ttya ttya load-base 16384 16384 auto-boot-retry? false false boot-command boot boot auto-boot? true true watchdog-reboot? false false diag-file diag-device net net boot-file boot-device disk disk net local-mac-address? false false net-timeout 0 0 ansi-terminal? true true screen-#columns 80 80 screen-#rows 34 34 silent-mode? false false use-nvramrc? true false nvramrc devalias disk /pci@1f,0/ ... security-mode none No default security-password No default security-#badlogins 0 No default oem-logo No default oem-logo? false false oem-banner No default oem-banner? false false hardware-revision No default last-hardware-update No default diag-switch? false false ok Output from Probe-IDE Device 0 ( Primary Master ) Not Present Device 1 ( Primary Slave ) Not Present Device 2 ( Secondary Master ) Not Present Device 3 ( Secondary Slave ) Not Present

hi, in command probe-ide system must display types of IDE devices and addresses that system detected. you must checkout hardware connector and connection dirve and cdrom in your machine is correct ?

Hassan I spoke with Sun tech support this morning. They determined that its a hardware issue and will be sending me a replacement server. Thanks for your help.