[SUMMARY] Can't do 'installboot' on Sparc10 (SunOS 4.1.x) after restoring partitions

Tried to post summary yesterday, it got flagged probably because I had
left the "Re:" in the subject line.

'installboot' and 'mount' are indeed available when you boot from
SunOS 4.1.2 CD, but only if you install the mini-root (makes sense).
My problem was that I forgot to define swap as partition 1 ('b'),
which SunOS expects, the mini-root expects to install there.

Once I repartitioned I was good to go.

Thanks for all the answers and patience...yesterday was one of
those "low-wattage" days.

Dave Foster

David Foster wrote:
> I have a Sparc10 running SunOS 4.1.4 (legacy hardware) whose hard
> drive died, I put in new drive, partitioned it, created
> filesystems, restored partitions from 'dump' files backups (just
> posted summary on this procedure recently).
> 
> Now I need to run 'installboot' so I can boot from the disk. When
> I'm booted from the SunOS 4.1.2 CD (all I have), it doesn't have
> a 'mount' or 'installboot' command. If I could at least use 'mount'
> I could access the 'installboot' from the system disk itself.
> 
> I see one option is to install a mini-root, but it seems like this
> is going to install on the disk I've just restored...is this a
> non-destructive install, or there a way to specify to install the
> mini-root on a certain partition? I do have a spare.
> 
> I'm quite stuck, any help appreciated.
> 
> Dave Foster
> 
> 
> 
> 
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