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Got this fine hint from the gentoo grub error collection
Could Not Find Device For /boot/boot: Not Found Or Not a Block Device
Situation
When running grub-install during the GRUB installation, you receive the
following error:
Grub Output
# grub-install –root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
Could not find device for /boot/boot: not found or not a block device
Solution
Check that you didn’t forget the following:
Updating the mtab file
# cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
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If you want to know how much space you have free for soft partitioning use Adrian Ball's script "metafree", get it at:
http://majords.co.uk/scripts/metafree
or just copy/paste this:
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
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### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
=="-p" {print }' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
*### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
*cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
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### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
*### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
*cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z /bytes/sector/ {bs=
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
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/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
}
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z /sectors/cyl/ {sc=
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
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### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
}
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z /accessible cyl/ {as=
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
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$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
}
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z END kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
*### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
*### the size of the slice
*cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z /bytes/sector/ {bs=
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
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/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
}
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z ==s {print *bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
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fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
=="-p" && ==c {split(
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft
Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
175/433
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct %
"$devs"
done
,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }*
END** { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print -
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
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$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct % "$devs"
done
,
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
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echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct % "$devs"
done
/*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '==c &&
#!/bin/ksh
#
# metafree - Adrian Ball (ade@majords.co. uk)- 2007/01
#
# Finds all devices containing soft partitions and shows
# size/allocation, unallocated space, devices etc
#
# NB: This is
not
the script that is listed on Sun's BigAdmin site
# I had written this before knowing of that one's existence, but
# subsequently found all the links to that one to be broken, so
# I have not seen it.
# Strangely I had picked the same name for the script...
# Maybe someone will find this one useful.
if [[ ! -x /usr/sbin/metastat ]] ; then
echo "Can't run metastat binary, bogus..."
exit 1
fi
printf "%-20s %9s %9s %10s %10s %sn" Device GB Used Available Capacity "Soft Partitions"
for c in $(metastat -p | nawk '$2=="-p" {print $3}' | sort -u) ; do
if [[ ${c%%[0-9]*} == d ]] ; then
### It's a metadevice, use metastat to find the size
cap=$(metastat $c 2>/dev/null| nawk '/Size:/ {print $2/2048/1024;exit}')
elif [[ ${c#/} != $c ]] ; then
### It's a real device, work out size assuming full disk/LUN is used
cap=$(prtvtoc $c | nawk '
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
/sectors/cyl/ {sc=$2}
/accessible cyl/ {as=$2}
END {print bs*sc*as/1024^3}')
else
### Assume we have a cXtX form of device, use prtvtoc to work out
### the size of the slice
cap=$(prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/$c | nawk -v c=$c '
BEGIN {split(c,a,"s"); s=a[2]}
/bytes/sector/ {bs=$2}
$1==s {print $5*bs/1024^3}')
fi
used=$(metastat -p | nawk -v c=$c '
$2=="-p" && $3==c {split($0,a,"-o")
for (frag in a) { split(a[frag], sz,"-b"); used+=sz[2] } }
END { print used/2048/1024 }
')
echo $cap $used | nawk '{print $1-$2, $2/$1*100}' | read avail pct
devs=$(metastat -p | sort | nawk -v c=$c '$3==c && $2="-p" {printf "%s ", $1}')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct % "$devs"
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done
="-p" {printf "%s ", }')
printf "%-20s %9.2f %9.2f %10.2f %9.1f%1s %sn" $c $cap $used $avail $pct % "$devs"
done

Sometimes you are not allowed to use keys to autologin to your machines, so you must find a way to automate your
login using password authentication.
This expect script can help you do it:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect —
set timeout 30
spawn ssh user@ipaddress
while 1 {
expect {
“*(yes/no)?” { send “yesn”}
“*password:” { send “passwordn”}
“*user]#” { send “shutdown -h nownexitn”}
}
}
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In order to know your veritas volume manager version do a:
# pkginfo -l VRTSvxvm | grep VERSION
VERSION: 3.5,REV=06.21.2002.23.14
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Well, i didn’t know that rstatd can be used to obtain a remote’s server performance counters….
It is usually disabled for security purposes.
Just make sure it is configured at /etc/inetd.conf, by uncommenting the proper line
bash-2.05# grep rstat /etc/services
bash-2.05# grep rstat /etc/inetd.conf
rstatd/2-4 tli rpc/datagram_v wait root /usr/lib/netsvc/rstat/rpc.rstatd rpc.rstatd
Then restart inetd
bash-2.05# ps -ef | grep inetd
root 355 1 0 Apr 26 x y z 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd -s -t
bash-2.05# kill -HUP 355
It will be running
bash-2.05# ps -ef | grep rstat
root 23620 23616 0 18:01:48 pts/1 0:00 grep rstat
root 21694 355 0 17:39:37 x y z 0:01 rpc.rstatd
You can use a fine rstatd client called java perfmeter: http://jperfmeter.sourceforge.net/
If you have CDE you can use sdtperfmeter
bash-3.00$ /usr/dt/bin/sdtperfmeter othermachine
If you have gnome, you might as well use gnome-perfmeter
# gnome-perfmeter othermachine
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1. Solaris 2.6 / 7
1. /usr/bin/truss /usr/bin/date 2>&1 | /usr/bin/awk ‘/^time/ {print $NF}’
2. Solaris 8 / 9 / 10
1. /usr/bin/perl -e ‘printf “%dn”, time;’
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You can translate ssd disk syntax to cxtxdx (c$t$d$) by comparing iostat -E to iostat -En output:
iostat -E | grep Soft | awk ‘{ print $1}’ > /tmp/a; iostat -En | grep Soft|awk ‘{ print $1 }’ > /tmp/b; paste /tmp/a
/tmp/b
sd6 c0t6d0
ssd0 c1t1d0
ssd1 c1t0d0
ssd2 c1t3d0
ssd3 c1t4d0
ssd4 c1t5d0
ssd5 c4t3d0
ssd6 c4t4d0
ssd7 c1t2d0
ssd8 c4t5d0
ssd9 c4t2d0
ssd10 c4t1d0
ssd11 c4t0d0
Thanks to Hiram Ruiz
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I have some domains on a single machine, over a single dynamic DNS connection, that means a single ip, and I need to
show a different page for each domain name it is accessed.
This is the section of my httpd.conf that enables that:
Listen 80
# Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ttoes
ServerName www.ttoes.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
ServerName www.kraftek.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/htdocs
ServerName rdircio.no-ip.org
</VirtualHost>

if you get this message then you don’t have 64 bit java
bash-3.00# java -d64 -version
execve(): No such file or directory
Error trying to exec /usr/jdk/instances/jdk1.5.0/bin/sparcv9/java.
Check if file exists and permissions are set correctly.
Failed to start a 64-bit JVM process from a 32-bit JVM.
Verify all necessary J2SE components have been installed.
(Solaris SPARC 64-bit components must be installed after 32-bit components.)
if you get this message then you have 64 bit java 🙂
bash-3.00# java -d64 -version
java version “1.6.0_18”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_18-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.0-b13, mixed mode)
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To enable sysstat’s sar to collect stats in the background:
# ln -s /etc/init.d/perf /etc/rc2.d/S21perf
# /etc/rc2.d/S21perf start
Use “crontab -e sys” to make sure sys crontab looks like:
0 kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z 0-6 /usr/lib/sa/sa1
20,40 8-17 kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa1
5 18 kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z 1-5 /usr/lib/sa/sa2 -s 8:00 -e 18:01 -i 1200 -A
To verify, issue “sar -A” or just “sar”