SPARC: How to Install a Boot Block on a System Disk

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. Install a boot block on the system disk.

   # installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/cwtxdys0

   /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs /ufs/bootblk

   Is the boot block code.

   /dev/rdsk/cwtxdys0

   Is the raw device of the root (/) file system.

   For more information, see installboot(1M).

3. Verify that the boot blocks are installed by rebooting the system to run level 3.

   # init 6

Example 12–3 SPARC: Installing a Boot Block on a System Disk

The following example shows how to install the boot block on an Ultra^TM 10 system.

# installboot /usr/platform/sun4u/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0