booting problem "load of /etc/init failed error 2"

[MahdiRa]

Dear all
i have problem in booting my machine which alpha server ds10 with the following error
vm_swap_init:warning /sbin/swapdefault swap device not found
swap set to lazy
load of /etc/init failed error 2
thx in advanced

[Ivan Ferreira]

>> device not found

Looks like you have a hardware problem. When the problem started? Did the machine crash previously? Can you see all disks that are connected to the server with the SRM>> show dev command?

I would try booting from the CD to verify access to the disks.

[MahdiRa]

dear Ivan
i could see all the disks they seemed ok
regards

[Vladimir Fabecic]

I would also try booting from the CD to verify access to the disks.
But before that you can try boot in single user mode:
>>> boot -flag 0

[MahdiRa]

i booted from the cd but i need to mount my old root file system any one can advice how to do for os version "4.0f"

[Mark Poeschl_2]

Assuming your root directory is AdvFS, not UFS:

1. Boot from CD and go to command line interface
2. mkdir /etc/fdmns/fakeroot
3. ln -s /dev/rzxxyyz /etc/fdmns/fakeroot/rzxxyyz
4. mkdir /tmp/fakeroot
5. mount fakeroot#root /tmp/fakeroot

You will of course have to substitute the correct device name for 'rzxxyyz' in step 3.

[MahdiRa]

thx but which commands i have to use to know the exact name of my device

[Vladimir Fabecic]

You said your OS version is 4.0f.
Do:
# scu scan edt
# scu show edt
to see where are your disks
That you may need to create device files:
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV rz0*
Maybe it would be easier:
rz0 if your disk is DKA0 in console
or rz1 if your disk is DKA100 in console
or rz8 if your disk is DKB0 in console etc
If you have UFS then you can mount:
# mount /dev/rz0a /fakeroot
If you have advfs use solution from Mark.

[MahdiRa]

i did mount /dev/rz0a /mnt but it gives an error "no such device"

[Vladimir Fabecic]

What is console name for your boot disk?
Is it DKA0 or something else?
Did you create device files with MAKEDEV?