UPDATE/SUMMARY: boot-up failure

Hi all,

I ended up using the following command to mount the root partition:

/sbin/mount -o rw,remount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /

I still ended up needing to re-install the OS.  At this point, I am still
not sure why this situation occurred.  I would like to thank the following
people for their help:

Darren Dunham <ddunham@xxxxxxxx>
MC Clark <mcclark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
David Stempnakowski <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Peter Stokes <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
"Clint Walker" <CWalker@xxxxxxx>

Thanks again for all your input.
George P.

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, George Papadimitriou wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I replaced the failed IDE hard drive of a SUN Ultra-10 workstation with a
> Seagate IDE hard drive borrowed from an Ultra-5 that is not being used
> anymore. I installed Solaris 2.7 from CD, and all went fine during
> installation. I can mount ok the root amd home partitions, while booted
> from the CD.  The contents of the root partition look normal, and I can
> modify any configuration file that I wish.
> 
> When I try to boot from the hard drive though, here is what happens:
> 
> INITSH: /sbin/rcS: cannot execute
> 
> INIT: Cannot create: /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx
> 
> INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"   "
> 
> INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"   "
> 
> INIT: single user mode
> 
> Once, I get into single user mode, I can't write anything to the disk.  
> Here are some examples:
> 
> $ touch /tmp/test
> touch: /test cannot create
> $ touch /test
> touch: /tmp/test cannot create
> 
> $ df -k /
> fsrdlock_mnttab: open /etc/.mnttab.lock: No such file or directory
> 
> Here is the root entry from /etc/vfstab
> /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0     /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0   /  ufs  1  no  -
> 
> Please, let me know if you need me to provide more info.
> 
> I would really appreciate your input,
> 
> George P.
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