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From: chuckers on 20 Jul 2010 01:35
On Jul 20, 2:29 pm, hadi motamedi <motamed...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 19, 11:41 am, Paul Gress <pgr...(a)pb.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 07/19/10 04:27 AM, hadi motamedi wrote:
>
> > > On Jul 19, 12:38 am, solx<nos...(a)example.net>  wrote:
> > >> On 19/07/2010 05:27, hadi motamedi wrote:
>
> > >>> Dear All
> > >>> I need to format a hard disk for my solaris8 machine . I connected it
> > >>> to its IDE and placed solaris8 install cd and then booted my machine
> > >>> like 'ok>boot cdrom' . At the os prompt, I tried to use format command
> > >>> and its output shows one disk on /c0t0d0 but it cannot format hard
> > >>> drive . Can you please let me know what options do I have to try to
> > >>> format it ?
> > >>> Thank you
> > >>           fdisk      - run the fdisk program     (used by Sol x86)
>
> > > Sorry. My solaris8 booting from 'ok>boot cdrom' does not show the
> > > format>fdisk utility . Can you please let me know why I don't have
> > > format>fdisk ? Can I try for something equivalent instead?
>
> > "fdisk" is for X86 computers only.  The fact that your booting from the CD with "OK> boot cd" says your computer is Sparc based, there is no fdisk.
>
> > So then just do:
>
> > format>  partition (to create Solaris filesystem partitions)
>
> > format>  label   (to write Solaris filesystem partitions to disk!!)
>
> > format>  quit
>
> > Also, don't forget to put a file system on the disk after formating, use either "newfs" or "mkfs". "newfs" is easier to use.
>
> > Paul
>
> I tried as the following :
> format>partition>print
> format>label
> format>quit
> #newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
> #reboot
> ok>boot disk
> But it returned as :
> 'failed to read super block
> file not executable'

Assuming disk returns the same things as /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 you don't
have
an O/S installed on on your disk if that is the procedure you
followed.

Just formatting the disk does nothing for you. The system doesn't
know what to
do with a blank disk. No O/S does. You need to have certain files on
it to tell
the boot loader what to do.

Install an O/S on the disk and try again.
From: hadi motamedi on 20 Jul 2010 01:53
On Jul 19, 10:35 pm, chuckers <chucker...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 2:29 pm, hadi motamedi <motamed...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jul 19, 11:41 am, Paul Gress <pgr...(a)pb.net> wrote:
>
> > > On 07/19/10 04:27 AM, hadi motamedi wrote:
>
> > > > On Jul 19, 12:38 am, solx<nos...(a)example.net>  wrote:
> > > >> On 19/07/2010 05:27, hadi motamedi wrote:
>
> > > >>> Dear All
> > > >>> I need to format a hard disk for my solaris8 machine . I connected it
> > > >>> to its IDE and placed solaris8 install cd and then booted my machine
> > > >>> like 'ok>boot cdrom' . At the os prompt, I tried to use format command
> > > >>> and its output shows one disk on /c0t0d0 but it cannot format hard
> > > >>> drive . Can you please let me know what options do I have to try to
> > > >>> format it ?
> > > >>> Thank you
> > > >>           fdisk      - run the fdisk program     (used by Sol x86)
>
> > > > Sorry. My solaris8 booting from 'ok>boot cdrom' does not show the
> > > > format>fdisk utility . Can you please let me know why I don't have
> > > > format>fdisk ? Can I try for something equivalent instead?
>
> > > "fdisk" is for X86 computers only.  The fact that your booting from the CD with "OK> boot cd" says your computer is Sparc based, there is no fdisk.
>
> > > So then just do:
>
> > > format>  partition (to create Solaris filesystem partitions)
>
> > > format>  label   (to write Solaris filesystem partitions to disk!!)
>
> > > format>  quit
>
> > > Also, don't forget to put a file system on the disk after formating, use either "newfs" or "mkfs". "newfs" is easier to use.
>
> > > Paul
>
> > I tried as the following :
> > format>partition>print
> > format>label
> > format>quit
> > #newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
> > #reboot
> > ok>boot disk
> > But it returned as :
> > 'failed to read super block
> > file not executable'
>
> Assuming disk returns the same things as /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 you don't
> have
> an O/S installed on on your disk if that is the procedure you
> followed.
>
> Just formatting the disk does nothing for you.  The system doesn't
> know what to
> do with a blank disk.  No O/S does.  You need to have certain files on
> it to tell
> the boot loader what to do.
>
> Install an O/S on the disk and try again.

I tried as :
insert solaris8 install cd
ok>boot cdrom
But it ended with the following message :
error : could not label disk
error : could not update disk with new configuration
#
At this os prompt, I tried as :
#newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
#installboot /usr/platform/'uname -i'/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/
c0t0d0s0
#reboot
ok>boot disk
But it returned :
short disk read
failed to read super block
file not executable
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 20 Jul 2010 08:27
hadi motamedi wrote:
> On Jul 19, 10:35 pm, chuckers <chucker...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 20, 2:29 pm, hadi motamedi <motamed...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 19, 11:41 am, Paul Gress <pgr...(a)pb.net> wrote:
>>>> On 07/19/10 04:27 AM, hadi motamedi wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 19, 12:38 am, solx<nos...(a)example.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On 19/07/2010 05:27, hadi motamedi wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear All
>>>>>>> I need to format a hard disk for my solaris8 machine . I connected it
>>>>>>> to its IDE and placed solaris8 install cd and then booted my machine
>>>>>>> like 'ok>boot cdrom' . At the os prompt, I tried to use format command
>>>>>>> and its output shows one disk on /c0t0d0 but it cannot format hard
>>>>>>> drive . Can you please let me know what options do I have to try to
>>>>>>> format it ?
>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>> fdisk - run the fdisk program (used by Sol x86)
>>>>> Sorry. My solaris8 booting from 'ok>boot cdrom' does not show the
>>>>> format>fdisk utility . Can you please let me know why I don't have
>>>>> format>fdisk ? Can I try for something equivalent instead?
>>>> "fdisk" is for X86 computers only. The fact that your booting from the CD with "OK> boot cd" says your computer is Sparc based, there is no fdisk.
>>>> So then just do:
>>>> format> partition (to create Solaris filesystem partitions)
>>>> format> label (to write Solaris filesystem partitions to disk!!)
>>>> format> quit
>>>> Also, don't forget to put a file system on the disk after formating, use either "newfs" or "mkfs". "newfs" is easier to use.
>>>> Paul
>>> I tried as the following :
>>> format>partition>print
>>> format>label
>>> format>quit
>>> #newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
>>> #reboot
>>> ok>boot disk
>>> But it returned as :
>>> 'failed to read super block
>>> file not executable'
>> Assuming disk returns the same things as /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 you don't
>> have
>> an O/S installed on on your disk if that is the procedure you
>> followed.
>>
>> Just formatting the disk does nothing for you. The system doesn't
>> know what to
>> do with a blank disk. No O/S does. You need to have certain files on
>> it to tell
>> the boot loader what to do.
>>
>> Install an O/S on the disk and try again.
>
> I tried as :
> insert solaris8 install cd
> ok>boot cdrom
> But it ended with the following message :
> error : could not label disk
> error : could not update disk with new configuration
> #
> At this os prompt, I tried as :
> #newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
> #installboot /usr/platform/'uname -i'/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/
> c0t0d0s0
> #reboot
> ok>boot disk
> But it returned :
> short disk read
> failed to read super block
> file not executable

Those messages strongly suggest that there is no disk "c0t0d0s0" or that
the disk is not usable!

It *might* help if you would tell us your hardware configuration *in
detail*:
a. Manufacturer and model of your computer.
b. Number and model(s) of disk(s).
c. The amount of RAM installed
From: Kees Nuyt on 20 Jul 2010 14:48
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:53:27 -0700 (PDT), hadi motamedi
<motamedi24(a)gmail.com> wrote:


>I tried as :
>insert solaris8 install cd
>ok>boot cdrom
>But it ended with the following message :
>error : could not label disk
>error : could not update disk with new configuration
>#
>At this os prompt, I tried as :
>#newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
>#installboot /usr/platform/'uname -i'/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/
>c0t0d0s0
>#reboot
>ok>boot disk
>But it returned :
>short disk read
>failed to read super block
>file not executable

Did you try to scan the devices from the Ok prompt?
Did you define the devalias "disk" to point at the correct disk
device (hardware path)?
I don't know the appropriate commands from the top of my head.
Apparently the setting for cdrom is ok, but the disk might be at
an other channel / target / disk. Perhaps it's not c0t0d0?
Best regards,
--
( Kees Nuyt
)
c[_]

From: hadi motamedi on 20 Jul 2010 23:46
On Jul 20, 5:27 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
> hadi motamedi wrote:
> > On Jul 19, 10:35 pm, chuckers <chucker...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jul 20, 2:29 pm, hadi motamedi <motamed...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On Jul 19, 11:41 am, Paul Gress <pgr...(a)pb.net> wrote:
> >>>> On 07/19/10 04:27 AM, hadi motamedi wrote:
> >>>>> On Jul 19, 12:38 am, solx<nos...(a)example.net>  wrote:
> >>>>>> On 19/07/2010 05:27, hadi motamedi wrote:
> >>>>>>> Dear All
> >>>>>>> I need to format a hard disk for my solaris8 machine . I connected it
> >>>>>>> to its IDE and placed solaris8 install cd and then booted my machine
> >>>>>>> like 'ok>boot cdrom' . At the os prompt, I tried to use format command
> >>>>>>> and its output shows one disk on /c0t0d0 but it cannot format hard
> >>>>>>> drive . Can you please let me know what options do I have to try to
> >>>>>>> format it ?
> >>>>>>> Thank you
> >>>>>>           fdisk      - run the fdisk program     (used by Sol x86)
> >>>>> Sorry. My solaris8 booting from 'ok>boot cdrom' does not show the
> >>>>> format>fdisk utility . Can you please let me know why I don't have
> >>>>> format>fdisk ? Can I try for something equivalent instead?
> >>>> "fdisk" is for X86 computers only.  The fact that your booting from the CD with "OK> boot cd" says your computer is Sparc based, there is no fdisk.
> >>>> So then just do:
> >>>> format>  partition (to create Solaris filesystem partitions)
> >>>> format>  label   (to write Solaris filesystem partitions to disk!!)
> >>>> format>  quit
> >>>> Also, don't forget to put a file system on the disk after formating, use either "newfs" or "mkfs". "newfs" is easier to use.
> >>>> Paul
> >>> I tried as the following :
> >>> format>partition>print
> >>> format>label
> >>> format>quit
> >>> #newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
> >>> #reboot
> >>> ok>boot disk
> >>> But it returned as :
> >>> 'failed to read super block
> >>> file not executable'
> >> Assuming disk returns the same things as /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 you don't
> >> have
> >> an O/S installed on on your disk if that is the procedure you
> >> followed.
>
> >> Just formatting the disk does nothing for you.  The system doesn't
> >> know what to
> >> do with a blank disk.  No O/S does.  You need to have certain files on
> >> it to tell
> >> the boot loader what to do.
>
> >> Install an O/S on the disk and try again.
>
> > I tried as :
> > insert solaris8 install cd
> > ok>boot cdrom
> > But it ended with the following message :
> > error : could not label disk
> > error : could not update disk with new configuration
> > #
> > At this os prompt, I tried as :
> > #newfs -m 1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
> > #installboot /usr/platform/'uname -i'/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/
> > c0t0d0s0
> > #reboot
> > ok>boot disk
> > But it returned :
> > short disk read
> > failed to read super block
> > file not executable
>
> Those messages strongly suggest that there is no disk "c0t0d0s0" or that
>   the disk is not usable!
>
> It *might* help if you would tell us your hardware configuration *in
> detail*:
> a.  Manufacturer and model of your computer.
> b.  Number and model(s) of disk(s).
> c.  The amount of RAM installed

Please find below the required info :
model of computer : Naturetech 888p
manufacturer : naturetechws.com
no. of disks : 1
model of disk : HTS548040M9AT00
amount of RAM : 512 MB
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