I have a Sun UltraSPARC Enterprise 2 server that at one time had RedHat 6.1 on it. The system crashed and will not start RedHat Linux any longer. The error message at boot is: fatal eror: unable to load filesystem Couldn't load /etc/silo.conf No config file loaded, you can.... First, is it possible to fix this system without a re-install? If it is not possible to get the system up and running again I would like to re-install RedHat 6.1 on the system. However, when I attempt to boot from the CDROM (which was created from the iso image named sparc-6.1.iso downloaded from redhat) I recieve the error: Can't read disk label, Can't open disk label package Evaluating: boot cdrom Can't open boot device The cdrom is readable by other systems though because I then checked it on my PC and created a bootdisk from it. When I try to boot off of a disk created from the boot64.img (it is a 64 bit system) the following occurs: SILIllegal Instruction and the prompt reappears. How can I fix my system or reinstall it? John Eckhart
It sounds like the CDROM that you are using is corrupted. There is special magic on a sparc CDROM which makes the CDROM bootable, and that appears to be at least one of your problems. In reference to the second problem (not being able to boot from diskette) there is a known hardware problem with several Ultras which prevent them from booting from the floppy drive. I am almost positive this is the situation that you are seeing. I would recommend downloading the ISO image again and trying a freshly made CDROM. Even better, you can download the latest offering (release 6.2) and try that out.