Solaris 10 will not Boot Properly
When I boot I get the following error:
Error: svc:/system/filesystem/root:default failed to mount /boot (see'svcs -x'for details)
[ system/filesystem/root:default failed fatally (see'svcs -x'for details) ]
Requesting System Maintenance Mode
Console login service(s) cannot run
I then enter in my root password for system maintenance. When I run svcs -x, this is the output:
svc:/system/filesystem/root:default (root file system mount)
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_FATAL
see: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
see: /etc/svc/volatile/system-filesystem-root:default.log
Impact: 44 dependent services are not running. (use -vfor list.)
svc:/network/rpc/gss:default (Generic Security Service)
State: uninitialized since Sat......
Reason: Restarter svc:network/inetd:default is not running
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-5H
See: gssd(1M)
Impact: 10 dependent services are not running. (Use -vfor list)
svc:/application/print/server:default (LP print server)
State: disabled since Sat Sep 30.....
Reason: Disabled by an administrator
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
See: lpsched(1M)
Impact: 1 dependent service is not running. (Use -Vfor list)
The output for svcs -v is too long to type out here, but it lists all the dependent services, I presume.
The content of the file /etc/svc/volatile/system-filesystem-root:default.log is:
[start + 1.91s Enabled. ]
[start + 2.87s Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/fs-root") ]
ERROR: /sbin/mount -F ufs /boot failed, err=1
mount: Mount point cannot be determined
[ start + 3.12s Method"start" exited with status 95 ]
When I try to run /sbin/mount -F ufs /boot from the command prompt itself, I get a similar error... Mount point cannot be determined.
These problems started occuring after the server powered off without shutting down completely due to a power outage. I've tried a few things, but nothing seems to work and I haven't had any luck searching for a solution. Any ideas Solaris experts?
[2724 byte] By [
chungste] at [2007-11-26 10:29:52]
# 1
Also, I've tried the following command/sbin/mount -aThis looks like it runs properly because there is no output. I can then browse and view all of the filesystem. But I don't know how to proceed from there or make the server work.Thanks in advance.
# 2
If it started with a bad shutdown, start with fsck. alan
# 3
> If it started with a bad shutdown, start with fsck.
>
>
> alan
I ran a fsck, with no options. It went through each slice and came up with no errors. I didn't have to answer any questions. Did I run the fsck properly? Is there anything else I can try? Do any of the errors I posted above mean anything?
# 4
Sounds like a corrupted /etc/vfstabPost the contents of that.
# 5
> I ran a fsck, with no options. It went through each
> slice and came up with no errors. I didn't have to
> answer any questions. Did I run the fsck properly?
Sometimes no news is good news!
> Is there anything else I can try? Do any of the
> errors I posted above mean anything?
as was mentioned, let's see /etc/vfstab
alan
# 6
> as was mentioned, let's see /etc/vfstab
Here it is:
#device to mount#device to fsckmount pointFS typefsck passmount at bootmount options
fs-/dev/fsfs-no-
/proc-/procproc-no-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1--swap-no-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0/ufs1no-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5/usrufs1no-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4/var/ufs1no-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7/export/homeufs2yes-
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3/optufs2yes-
/devices-/devicesdevfs-no-
ctfs-/system/contractctfs-no-
objfs-/system/objectobjfs-no-
swap-/tmptmpfs-yes-
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0/dataufs1yes-
Sorry for the formatting, I had to type it out since I can't get any files directly off of the server.
The last entry in the vfstab file is the only entry I added myself. It is a secondary hard disk that I mounted to the directory /data. Everything else was automatically created at install according to the partitions that I defined.
I really need to get this server up and running as fast as possible. I want to avoid re-installing everything since that would be really time consuming. Thanks in advance.
# 7
I'm presuming that first line is really fd - /dev/fd...The other thing thats odd, the errors you mention were about /boot.But theres no /boot specified in the vfstab.Is there supposed to be?
# 8
Try this: http://www.twitchy.net/mambo/content/view/40/45/
# 9
robert.cohen: Correct, the vfstab has typos when I typed it out into this post. It is fd in all places where I typed 'fs'. It is very strange that there is no mention of /boot and that is the error. I don't remember there being a /boot ever listed in vfstab file.
alan.pae: I tried the "boot -m verbose" command. I will type out the results, but there is not much more information.
Rebooting with command: boot -m verbose
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:a File and args: -m verbose
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118822-25 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun MicroSystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
TSI: gfxp0 is GFX8P @ 1280x1024
[ network/pfil:default starting (packet filter) ]
[ system/filesystem/root:default starting (root file system mount) ]
[ network/loopback:default starting (loopback network interface) ]
ERROR: svc:/system/filesystem/root:default failed to mount /boot (see 'svcs -x' for details)
start + 3.31s/41 ERROR: svc:/system/filesystem/root:default: Method "/lib/svc/method/fs-root" failed with exit status 95.
[ system/filesystem/root:default failed fatally (see 'svcs-x' for details) ]
[ network/physical:default starting (physical network interfaces) ]
[ milestone/name-services:default starting (name services milestone) ]
[ milestone/network:default starting (Network milestone) ]
[ system/identity:node starting (system identity (nodename)) ]
Hostname xxxxxxxx
Requesting System Maintenance Mode
(See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot run
Root password for system maintenance (control-d to bypass)
That's it... hope I typed that without any typos.
# 10
> ERROR: svc:/system/filesystem/root:default failed to
> mount /boot (see 'svcs -x' for details)
> start + 3.31s/41 ERROR:
First error, first error to get fixed. What does svcs -x say. Does anyone else have /boot in their vfstab file. I won't have a system to look at for a few more weeks now.
thanks,
alan
# 11
To anyone who cares about the solution to this problem, here are the steps I performed:
1) mount -o remount,rw /
This was run because I couldn't edit any files in the / filesystem
2) echo >> /etc/vfstab
This is to add the newline to the end of the vfstab file.
Rebooted, and everything came up fine. Thanks to all who contributed to help me.
# 12
> This is to add the newline to the end of the
> vfstab file.
>
> Rebooted, and everything came up fine. Thanks to all
> who contributed to help me.
this is interesting because previously you said:
===
Also, I've tried the following command
/sbin/mount -a
This looks like it runs properly because there is no output. I can then browse and view all of the filesystem.
===
and
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5166/6mbb1kq98?a=view
says
a [ mount_points. . . ]
Perform mount or umount operations in parallel, when possible.
If mount points are not specified, mount will mount all file systems whose /etc/vfstab "mount at boot" field is "yes".
which implies that mount -a reads the /etc/vfstab to figure out what to mount and where to mount it, and according to your posts, that was a non issue.
alan
