> > Was /boot a separate PCFS filesystem, or was it part of the UFS root > > filesystem? > > /boot is part of one whole Solaris partition. No I > did not copy the s8 and s9 slices. Should I?
The s8 "boot" slice should contain the /usr/platform/i86pc/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk code. installboot should write the bootblk code to the "s8" / "boot" slice. I think s8 may not overlap with the root slice; the x86 bootblk code it too big for an UFS filesystem, so it can't be installed into the root UFS but uses the separate "boot" s8 slice. [b] partition> print Current partition table (original): Total disk cylinders available: 30475 + 2 (reserved cylinders) Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 3 - 8129 15.63GB (8127/0/0) 32768064 1 swap wu 8130 - 9170 2.00GB (1041/0/0) 4197312 2 backup wm 0 - 30474 58.59GB (30475/0/0) 122875200 3 var wm 9171 - 9475 600.47MB (305/0/0) 1229760 4 usr wm 9476 - 12076 5.00GB (2601/0/0) 10487232 5 usr wm 12077 - 19878 15.00GB (7802/0/0) 31457664 6 usr wm 19879 - 30474 20.37GB (10596/0/0) 42723072 7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 8 boot wu 0 - 0 1.97MB (1/0/0) 4032 9 alternates wu 1 - 2 3.94MB (2/0/0) 8064 [/b] Maybe your new HDD is missing the "s8" slice, or "s8" overlaps the root UFS, so by installing the bootblk code with installboot to "s8" the UFS root filesystem is thrashed? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
