Note to reach the ok prompt after a shutdown or reset of the server module, the autoboot. In case if boot device is set wrong, we can either boot from cdrom or in single user mode to identify the correct boot device from the os command line. You can boot the solaris operating system from the ok prompt using the boot. You can boot the solaris operating system from the ok prompt using the boot command. The openboot prom monitor is based on the forth programming language, and can be used to run forth programs that perform the following functions. By default obp will automatically boot upon startup. The boot command without any arguments will boot the system into multiuser mode by default. The proprietary openboot prom obp can boot all the solaris versions available for the sun4m architecture see the previous chapter. My main development server is dead, i cant even boot off the cdrom, it powers up, acts like it is starting the boot process but then says cannot find boot device. First boot of preinstalled solaris 7 on a brand new old stock 1998 sun ultra 5. There was no solaris installed and all i had was ok prompt. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new content when so many people block continue reading solaris how to boot system into emergency mode. Sparc machines do not make use of a bios but what is called the open boot prom. A system and service manager that replaces upstart as the default init system.
Each device specifier may be either a prom device alias or a prom device path. Perhaps the fastest and most convenient way to install the solaris os has been over the network from a solaris jumpstart server. Each openboot system prom contains an fcode interpreter. The solaris boot command when used with various optional parameters will change the booting behavior. You cannot reach the ok prompt from the solaris os see openboot ok prompt not available. If true, network drivers use their own mac address, not systems. The terms obp, openboot prom and prom are used interchangeably in. This variable contains the default boot arguments that are used when openboot is not in diagnostic mode. Most of the time, when you start the server with solaris os installed, it boots at run level 2 or run level 3, which are multiuser states with access to full system and network resources. Displaying and setting boot attributes by using the openboot prom the boot prom is used to boot a sparc based system and to modify boot parameters. Set this to false if youd rather send the boot command manually.
Running sbinifconfig a as a non root user leaves out the mac address. If set, network interfaces will use their own mac rather than the systemwide mac. Chapter 1, overview, describes the user interface and other main features of the. Reaching the ok prompt there are several ways to reach the ok prompt, depending on the state of the system and the means by which you are accessing the system console. Other open boot prom commands nvramrc the nvramrc is an nvram location reserved for userdefined commands used during system initialization. Organization theopenboot command reference is organized as follows. Forcing solaris into ok prompt open boot user interface. Also see appendix c in this manual for a list of unsupported commands. Openboot ok prompt not available after solaris os has started. It is backwards compatible with sysv init scripts, and provides features, such as parallel startup of system services at boot time, ondemand activation of daemons, support for system state snapshots, or dependencybased service control logic. How to identify the boot device primary and alternate in.
Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. On my hyperterm i see the boot sequence go all the way up to the console login. How do i get the following information out of a solaris. All commands are entered at the ok openboot prompt you use the printenv command, with no argument, to display the current value and the default value for each variable ok printenv. Solaris open boot prom ok promptcontents 1 open boot user interface 2 boot commands 3 navigate around the device tree 4 alias commands 5 emergency stop commands 6 configuration variable commands 7 some common used configuration variables 8 open boot commands 9 how to run post 10 how to use obdiagopen boot user interfacehow to get to the ok. The server hanging is due to the ethernet cards taking its mac address from the obp open boot prom now the hub has a problem in routing packets, as two ports hold the same mac address. General openboot prom obp commands shrubbery networks. Any one know the command to check mac id on solaris machine. The following examples illustrate the use of the commands described in table 3. Use the systems mac address instead of network cards mac address. Identifying boot device using os command line using the eeprom command we can also find out the boot device using the operating system commands. Solaris how to boot system into emergency mode nixcraft. Graceful reset of the control domain using the ilom reset command. Other devices will be selected if first device fails.
On older versions of solaris, the following commands given as root should accomplish the same. Occasionally, you might operate the system at run level 1. Then just doubleclick on the solaris 11 zip archive to open it up and feed it to virtualbox. Sun scrapped solaris openstep after apple acquired next at the end of 1996 and continued to use cde for quite some time after that. Software os unix solaris 11 what is the solaris 11 boot process. The boot prom will attempt to open each successive device specifier in the list beginning with the first device specifier. Device to boot from, multiple devices can be specified using spaces. Start up from the builtin apple hardware test or apple diagnostics utility, depending on your mac model. Greetings friends, i would like to clone the systemroot hard disk with dd. When autobooting, and when boot is issued with no arguments, this variable is used to determine the boot device.
More than one value can be provided space separated, in which case each is tried in turn. You enter this interface by shutting down the solaris operating system by typing init 0 at the solaris command line, and pressing enter. This chapter provides a description of the openboot environment, the prom, nvram, and the kernel. Contact us the unix and linux forums unix commands, linux commands, linux server, linux ubuntu, shell script, linux. In decreasing order of desirability, the list is as follows. Today i had a need to jumpstart sunfire v240 using network interface in one of its pci slots. When using the dhcp option to boot over network, the prom broadcasts the mac. Ive done the search here on this site and saw the other posts, but at the ok prompt it wont even let me.
These commands are disabled if the prom security is on. Get the latest tutorials on sysadmin, linuxunix and open source topics via rssxml feed or weekly email newsletter. Here are some commands that will help you gathering information from your machine. Small vms run in the pennies per hour price range and m. The a option will ask for configuration information such as where to find the system file, where to mount root, and even override the name of the kernel itself. Apparently, the first two methods gave me the same mac that was in the openboot banner, but that didnt work with my ai server. Prom chip contains forth openboot firmware, and it is executed immediately after you turn on the system. Red hat enterprise linux to oracle solaris 11 comparison. Boot and search for all attached eful when new device attached to the system ok boot s single user. For a complete list of prom commands, see the eeprom8.
If i understood correctly, ok prompt can use dd command. For example, you might want to reset the device from which to boot, change the default boot file or kernel, or run hardware diagnostics before bringing the system to a multiuser state. The bootdevice specified in nvram enter printenv from the ok prompt is the default boot device when the workstation is turned on. Determining ethernet mac address from open boot prompt. Ive been struggling with getting mac address from one of my ldom guests. The common syntax of boot command is solaris sparc system is. Commonly used open boot prompt obp commands okbanner. As you can see, i have three virtual images, testing which is included with virtualbox, elm which is from some earlier testing i did using. As for the original question of the thread, considering that i use openstep on my sun hardware more than solaris, and that mac os x is more advanced than openstep. The boot prom is used to boot a sparc based system and to modify boot parameters such as the boot device or the default boot file or kernel. You also use the boot prom if you want to run hardware diagnostics before bringing the system to a multiuser state.
Displaying and setting boot attributes booting and. To boot system for emergency mode boot from cd adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. Openboot command reference manual oracle help center. It displays the system information such as the model name, the boot prom version, the memory, the ethernet addresses, and the host identification number id.
Openboot nvram solaris 9 system startup and shutdown. A guide for the solaris operating environment howard, john s. Many users are aware of some boot commands for mac os x that provide different functionality for your system. Start up from a netboot server, if your mac supports network startup volumes. It is used to boot the system it can be used with follwoing options. This document provides a list of useful obp commands that can be helpful. Using the openboot prom booting and shutting down oracle. It appears that the box is not listening for commands from hyperterm. On solaris, is there a command that i can run to get the mac address of an ethernet card without running sbinifconfig a as root. How do i get the following information out of a solaris sparc machine. It describes how to access openboot and the various commands that are available to test and provide information about the hardware. You cannot reach the ok prompt from the solaris os see openboot ok.
Also, you must shut down or restart the solaris os to get to the ok prompt. It is used to boot the system it can be used with following options. In order to do that i need to find the mac address of that interface, preferably with least amount of hassle. If you want to boot to the cdrom drive, you need to specify the device from the ok prompt. In solaris this is called boot prom phaseafter you turn on power to the system, the prom displays system identification information and runs selftest diagnostics to verify the systems hardware and memory. Openboot prom obp is firmware used on sun sparc and apple. I have also tried plugging in a sun usb keyboard and tried. Openboot nvram how to perform system boot and shutdown. Suunn eooppennbboooott pprroomm quuiicckk crreeffeerreenncee controlccaarrdd last revised 03012002 prob obp primary tasks. Many administrators who use the solaris enterprise system may already know about jumpstart technology for oracle servers and workstations based on sparc technology, which have networkaware open boot prom firmware. Or use optiond to start up from this utility over the internet. Open boot prom toolkit users guide,part number 800527910. Translations and searching tr set1 set2 translates set1 to set2 sed powerful text manipulation tool grep pattern filename finds lines containing pattern in file grep v pattern filename finds lines not. When the ok prompt is displayed, the system is ready to accept open boot prom commands.
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