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Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Debian/WSL
Posts: 9,789
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zillah
Without changing the /etc/fstab, and without using swapoff command
By keeping this partition as a potential swapspace, you are living dangerously. If you run short of available RAM, your whole Solaris installation is going to be destroyed.
2- as a root typed in
[root@localhost ~]# swapoff /dev/sda3
[root@localhost ~]# swapoff /dev/sda3
swapoff: /dev/sda3: Invalid argument
3- mount -o ro -t ufs /dev/sda9 /mnt/SOL
4-
Code:
[root@localhost mnt]# cd SOL/
[root@localhost SOL]# ls
bin devices home lost+found net proc tmp
boot etc kernel media opt sbin usr
dev export lib mnt platform system var
[root@localhost SOL]# cd boot
[root@localhost boot]# ls
acpi grub solaris x86.miniroot-safe xen-syms
amd64 platform solaris.xpm xen.gz
[root@localhost boot]# cd grub/
[root@localhost grub]# ls
bin iso9660_stage1_5 reiserfs_stage1_5 ufs_stage1_5
default jfs_stage1_5 splash.xpm.gz vstafs_stage1_5
e2fs_stage1_5 menu.lst stage1 xfs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 stage2 zfs_stage1_5
ffs_stage1_5 nbgrub stage2_eltorito
install_menu pxegrub ufs2_stage1_5
5
Quote:
[root@localhost grub]# gedit menu.lst,,,,,for Solaris OS
#pragma ident "@(#)menu.lst 1.2 07/01/10 SMI"
#
# default menu entry to boot
default 0
#
# menu timeout in second before default OS is booted
# set to -1 to wait for user input
timeout 10
#
# To enable grub serial console to ttya uncomment the following lines
# and comment out the splashimage line below
# WARNING: don't enable grub serial console when BIOS console serial
# redirection is active!!!
# serial --unit=0 --speed=9600
# terminal serial
#
# Uncomment the following line to enable GRUB splashimage on console
splashimage /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#
# To chainload another OS
#
# title Another OS
# root (hd<disk no>,<partition no>)
# chainloader +1
#
# To chainload a Solaris release not based on grub
#
# title Solaris 9
# root (hd<disk no>,<partition no>)
# chainloader +1
# makeactive
#
# To load a Solaris instance based on grub
# If GRUB determines if the booting system is 64-bit capable,
# the kernel$ and module$ commands expand $ISADIR to "amd64"
#
# title Solaris <version>
# root (hd<disk no>,<partition no>,x) --x = Solaris root slice
# kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
# module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
#
# To override Solaris boot args (see kernel(1M)), console device and
# properties set via eeprom(1M) edit the "kernel" line to:
#
# kernel /platform/i86pc/kernel/unix <boot-args> -B prop1=val1,prop2=val2,...
#
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ----------
title Solaris Express Community Edition snv_76 X86
kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ----------
title Solaris xVM
kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz
module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ----------
title Solaris failsafe
kernel /boot/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -s
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safe
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
# Unknown partition of type 5 found on /dev/rdsk/c0d0p0 partition: 4
# It maps to the GRUB device: (hd0,3) .
You need to copy the Fedora grub entry from the Linux menu to the Solaris one.
Does that help me to be able to boot solaris ? When I tried to copy from Linux's menu.lst to Solaris menu.lst,,,,I would not have been able to do that!!!
I can not remember that right now, but see how the save button is gray,,,,i.e if you modified file you can not save the modification,,,,that means it is disabled http://www.imageshock.eu/?img=1166385,Screenshot.jpg
Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Debian/WSL
Posts: 9,789
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Okay, I overlook the thread title. You are trying to edit Solaris menu.lst file while running Linux. Linux can mount ufs reliably only in read-only mode, the reason why you can't save the file even while logged in as root
You should do it the way around. Boot Solaris and edit menu.lst under that O/S. You'll need to install a couple of packages to be able to mount ext3fs under Solaris ( http://www.genunix.org/distributions....FSWfsmisc.txt ).
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