Asset ID:	1-71-1004407.1
Update Date:	2009-09-28
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Solution Type  Technical Instruction Sure

Solution  1004407.1 :   Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000: Changing the path to the boot disk without Alternate Pathing (AP) installed  


PreviouslyPublishedAs
206094

Description
This procedure can be used when a different Sbus card is being used to
access the boot disk and the /devices entry for the card does not exist.
It can also be used when the target ID of the boot disk is changed to one
which did not previously exist.

(For example, boot -r fails due to the drvconfig command being located on
/usr, which cannot be mounted until drvconfig is executed.)

Steps to Follow

If it is possible to, attach a disk via the path where you want the boot
disk to be, and run the following commands as root before rebooting:
# drvconfig
# devlinks
# disks
# tapes
# ports
# audlinks
# vi /etc/vfstab
However, if the system has to be shut down before you can change the
hardware configuration, shut it down.  After you have done so, boot from
net or cdrom and run the same commands as root as follows:
# mount <boot-disk> /a
# drvconfig -r /a/devices -p /a/etc/path_to_inst
# devlinks -r /a
# disks -r /a
# tapes -r /a
# ports -r /a
# audlinks -r /a
# vi /a/etc/vfstab
NOTE: Sometimes, there are odd circumstances in which the drvconfig doesn't
create the devices due to the CDROM environment differing from the OS on
the disk.
There is an alternative unsupported method of doing this documented in
INFODOC 1313

Product
Solaris
Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

Previously Published As
15600

Change History
Date: 2003-11-19
User Name: 43660
Action: Approved
Comment: Added trademarks and expanded acronyms. Fixed some formatting. Added root prompts to commands and specified that commands must be run as root.
Version: 0
Date: 2003-11-17
User Name: 103287
Action: Approved
Comment: sedning to final review as directed by previous engineer.
Version: 0
Date: 2003-11-14
User Name: 111653
Action: Approved
Comment: reviewed as part of KM&O kccp project; content valid; needs final review
Version: 0
Date: 2003-09-16
User Name: 111653
Action: Updated
Comment: Please Review
Version: 0
Date: 2003-05-20
User Name: Administrator
Action: Migration from KMSCreator
Comment: updated by : John Knudsen
comment : admin cleanup, ok
date : Jun 19, 2002



updated by : Thom Chumley
comment : No comment
date : Jan 12, 1998
Version: 0
Product_uuid
3285bfa4-224e-11d6-8eb3-843d3a923213|Solaris
29ddef46-0a18-11d6-92de-ae47474f0f6c|Sun Enterprise 10000 Server

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