[j-nsp] M7i hard disk hint needed

[Jonas Frey]

If you get it back into the boot list and can boot from it try:
request chassis routing-engine diagnostics hard-disk 

Regards,
Jonas

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 12:07, michael.firth at bt.com wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> > [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> > Alexander Serkin
> > Sent: 04 April 2007 07:48
> > To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: [j-nsp] M7i hard disk hint needed
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > Recently our m7i lost its hard disk - it is present in setup, 
> > but while 
> > booting the device is not detected:
> > 
> > Automatic reboot in progress...
> > /dev/ad0s1a: FILESYSTEM CLEAN; SKIPPING CHECKS
> > /dev/ad0s1a: clean, 393048 free /dev/ad0s1e: FILESYSTEM 
> > CLEAN; SKIPPING 
> > CHECKS
> > /dev/ad0s1e: clean, 49144 free (48 frags, 49125 blocks, 0.0% 
> > fragmentation) (8 frags, 6142 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation) (48 
> > frags, 49125 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)
> > mfs: /dev/ad1s1b: Device not configured
> > /dev/ad1s1f: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM.
> > /dev/ad1s1f: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
> > Can't open /dev/ad1s1f: Device not configured
> > WARNING:
> > WARNING: /var mount failed, building emergency /var
> > WARNING:
> > 
> > are there any possible passes to recover the system, or we need to 
> > change hard drive?
> > 
> > Is it possible to run system without hard drive temporary and 
> > where can 
> > i find some docs about this?
> > 
> What I've seen sometimes is that the hard drive gets removed from the
> 'boot list' on a power failure.
> 
> There is a process using 'sysctl' to re-insert it if this happens,
> search the list archive to find it.
> 
> You should be able to tell if this has happened from elsewhere in the
> boot messages - if there is a line present saying that the hard disk is
> not in the boot list, so is not being attached, then that confirms this.
> 
> Michael
> 
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