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Why is Solaris always booting into the Device Configuration Assistant (DCA)?

April 26, 2017Assistant booting caused configuration DCA device Solaris usually

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Why is Solaris always booting into the Device Configuration Assistant (DCA)?

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This is usually caused by one of the following: • You installed Solaris onto a disk other than the primary boot disk. • You didn’t remove your DCA boot diskette or if you didn’t remove your installation CD-ROM if it’s in a bootable CD-ROM drive. • File /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc is corrupt or truncated, usually after a hard reboot or reset. This file is setup and used by DCA. It should contain several lines. To change or set your default boot device, See Sun FAQ 2271-02 at http://access1.Sun.COM/cgi-bin/rinfo2html?227102.faq for instructions. To summarize: • From the “Boot Solaris” screen, press F4 (Boot Tasks). • On the “Boot Tasks” screen, press Enter to place an “X” in front of “View/Edit Autoboot Settings.” • In the “View/Edit Autoboot Settings” screen, note that the Default Boot Device will not be set to any valid device. Place an “X” in front of Set Default Boot Device and press F2 (Continue). • On the Set Default Boot Device screen, place an X in front of the correct disk and pres

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• You installed Solaris onto a disk other than the primary boot disk. • You didn’t remove your DCA boot diskette or if you didn’t remove your installation CD-ROM if it’s in a bootable CD-ROM drive. • File /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc is corrupt or truncated, usually after a hard reboot or reset. This file is setup and used by DCA. It should contain several lines. To change or set your default boot device, See Sun FAQ 2271-02 at http://access1.Sun.COM/cgi-bin/rinfo2html?227102.faq for instructions. To summarize: • From the “Boot Solaris” screen, press F4 (Boot Tasks). • On the “Boot Tasks” screen, press Enter to place an “X” in front of “View/Edit Autoboot Settings.” • In the “View/Edit Autoboot Settings” screen, note that the Default Boot Device will not be set to any valid device. Place an “X” in front of Set Default Boot Device and press F2 (Continue). • On the Set Default Boot Device screen, place an X in front of the correct disk and press F2 (Continue). • Arrow up to the Accept Settin