Missing Driver - Failed Boot
If you ever accidently corrupt/remove the drivers on your Solaris sparc machine, you may be able to recover. Here is what I had to do when I removed the QLogic drivers, not realizing that in addition to the Emulex HBAs installed in a 480R, there were onboard QLogic controllers for the internal disk - making the system unbootable.
{3} ok boot cdrom -s
INIT: SINGLE USER MODE
# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0
/pci@9,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000004cfcb350f,0
1. c1t1d0
/pci@9,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000004cfd6bce3,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c1t0d0
[disk formatted]
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
save - save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
! - execute , then return
quit
format> part
PARTITION MENU:
0 - change `0′ partition
1 - change `1′ partition
2 - change `2′ partition
3 - change `3′ partition
4 - change `4′ partition
5 - change `5′ partition
6 - change `6′ partition
7 - change `7′ partition
select - select a predefined table
modify - modify a predefined partition table
name - name the current table
print - display the current table
label - write partition map and label to the disk
! - execute , then return
quit
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 24620 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 0 - 15907 21.91GB (15908/0/0) 45958212
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wm 0 - 24619 33.92GB (24620/0/0) 71127180
3 swap wu 15908 - 21715 8.00GB (5808/0/0) 16779312
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 var wm 21716 - 24619 4.00GB (2904/0/0) 8389656
partition> q
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
save - save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
! - execute , then return
quit
format> q
# mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /mnt
# mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7 /mnt/var
# cd /mnt
# cp -r /cdrom/Solaris_8/Product/SUNWqlc* .
# pkgadd -a /mnt/var/sadm/install/admin/default -R /mnt -d .
The following packages are available:
1 SUNWqlc Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
2 SUNWqlcx Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver (64 bit)
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
Select package(s) you wish to process (or ‘all’ to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 1
Processing package instance from
Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Using as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
2 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying package dependencies.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.
This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user
permission during the process of installing this package.
Do you want to continue with the installation of [y,n,?] y
Installing Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver as
## Installing part 1 of 1.
371 blocks
Installation of was successful.
The following packages are available:
1 SUNWqlc Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
2 SUNWqlcx Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver (64 bit)
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
Select package(s) you wish to process (or ‘all’ to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 2
Processing package instance from
Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver (64 bit)
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Using as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
3 package pathnames are already properly installed.
## Verifying package dependencies.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.
This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user
permission during the process of installing this package.
Do you want to continue with the installation of [y,n,?] y
Installing Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver (64 bit) as
## Installing part 1 of 1.
421 blocks
Installation of was successful.
The following packages are available:
1 SUNWqlc Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
2 SUNWqlcx Qlogic ISP 2200/2202 Fibre Channel Device Driver (64 bit)
(sparc) 11.8.0,REV=2000.04.01.16.21
Select package(s) you wish to process (or ‘all’ to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: q
# halt
{3} ok boot
