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.