Very Computer

by **Mike** » Tue, 07 Nov 2000 04:00:00

Hello. Has anyone ever come across a problem where a Sun Ultra 10 reports a
"cannot open system file etc/system" message during boot up, then reboots;
repeating the cycle continually? The machine is using Solaris 2.6. Any
helpful tips would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

by **andrew_gar..** » Tue, 07 Nov 2000 04:00:00

boot -a

When bootup prompts you for /etc/system, type in "/dev/null".

This should get you up and running.

Best Regards,

Andrew Garman

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Cannot open system file etc/system:

> Hello. Has anyone ever come across a problem where a Sun Ultra 10
reports a
> "cannot open system file etc/system" message during boot up, then
reboots;
> repeating the cycle continually? The machine is using Solaris 2.6. Any
> helpful tips would be greatly appreciated.
> Mike

by **Fran** » Tue, 07 Nov 2000 04:00:00

Hi Mike

I never saw this special problem but I hope the following will help:

- bring the machine down to the ok-prompt (STOP-A)
- insert your installation CD and type 'boot cdrom -s' on the ok-prompt
- if the system is up, mount your boot disk (normally c0t0d0s0) to /mnt and
look in /mnt/etc for the file system

I'm not sure what you will find (i.e a directory /etc/sytem?). If nothing is
there, simply touch /etc/system or looking around on the installation disk
for a proper copy. I don't know what you have installed, so there may be
entries necessary (i.e. for SDS)

Frank

>Hello. Has anyone ever come across a problem where a Sun Ultra 10 reports
a
>"cannot open system file etc/system" message during boot up, then reboots;
>repeating the cycle continually? The machine is using Solaris 2.6. Any
>helpful tips would be greatly appreciated.

>Mike