Installation Manual

30 Mounting File Systems Automatically
Using the vfstab File
If you unassign a device that is listed in the vfstab file and then reboot the system, the
vfstab file will report errors and cause the system boot process to terminate at single-user
mode:
/dev/rdsk/device_name: I/O error can’t open /dev/rdsk/device_name
/dev/rdsk/device_name: CAN’T CHECK FILE SYSTEM
/dev/rdsk/device_name: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
WARNING—Unable to repair one or more of the following filesystem(s):
SAN devices will be listed here
Run fsck manually (fsck filesystem...).
Exit the shell when done to continue the boot process
1. To continue startup, press Control + D.
2. Log in to the Solaris node.
3. On a Windows NT administration node, reassign the missing device(s).
4. On the Solaris node, enter the command mount -a to mount all devices listed in the
vfstab file.