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after a crash of my IDE controller on my mainboard I made a dd to a SATA disk. The Solaris 11.3 doesn't boot. I have 7 SATA disks, the first 6 are data disks, and the 7th is the solaris system. I get the following error at boot, ich I open the console:
Code:
grub> Device hd6 no known file system detected - Total size 1953525168 sectors
hd6,gpt9: No known filesystem detected - Partitionstart at
1953503711 - Total size 16384 sectors
Partition hd6,gpt1: No known filesystem detected - Partitionstart at
256 - Total size 1953503455 sectors
hd6 is the last disk, which is shown in the console, so it must be the right on. Is there anyone who knows where the problem is?
Thanks for help
Thanks for your answer!
I mean these labels are for a LINUX machine, not for a solaris. My labels are like these c11t0d0 or c11t4d0. In my grub.cfg I couldn't find any entries about disks.
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@BW-userx The OP is running Solaris 11 on x86 while the link is about Solaris 10 on SPARC. The booting process is quite different between these configurations (SPARC doesn't use GRUB but OpenBoot, and on x86, Solaris 10 uses Grub legacy while Solaris 11 uses GRUB 2).
@Barnybla I'm afraid you can't transparently substitute an IDE boot disk by a SATA one. I suspect there might be hardcoded settings lingering in the OS configuration.
Anyway, can you post what "ls -l" shows when executed under the GRUB2 prompt ? If the "dd" was properly done and the target disk is not smaller than the old one , the ZFS root pool should be visible and importable.
What I would have done in your case is recovering the old pool files on some external media and reinstalling Solaris 11.3 (or 11.4beta) on the 7th disk.
@BW-userx The OP is running Solaris 11 on x86 while the link is about Solaris 10 on SPARC. The booting process is quite different between these configurations (SPARC doesn't use GRUB but OpenBoot, and on x86, Solaris 10 uses Grub legacy while Solaris 11 uses GRUB 2).
@Barnybla I'm afraid you can't transparently substitute an IDE boot disk by a SATA one. I suspect there might be hardcoded settings lingering in the OS configuration.
Anyway, can you post what "ls -l" shows when executed under the GRUB2 prompt ? If the "dd" was properly done and the target disk is not smaller than the old one , the ZFS root pool should be visible and importable.
What I would have done in your case is recovering the old pool files on some external media and reinstalling Solaris 11.3 (or 11.4beta) on the 7th disk.
you can format the disks and copy the files by just booting the installed linux. create the filesystems and directories, mount them somewhere, copy everything over, adjust /etc/fstab, done. if you change the root-device make sure to adjust the NEW /etc/fstab and the root= in grub.conf. reinstall grub if necessary.
BUT if you change the driver order or transfer windoze from ide to sata it will NEVER EVER boot anymore, you will have to reinstall it.
GOOD LUCK
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Originally Posted by ShannaWaw
you can format the disks and copy the files by just booting the installed linux.
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Beware to read the previous posts before providing advice. The OP issue is already solved and your suggestion doesn't apply anyway as there is no Linux involved here. This is a forum dedicated to Solaris and derivatives.
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