how to recover the boot block in soalris 9,i am able to get
CDE desktop login.

Answer Posted / prasad

first we need to know the boot block loacation
i.e /usr/platform/'uname -m'/lib/fs/ufs is the location for
bootblock.
then go to single user mode using #init 0
then u need to run the command ok> installboot bootblk
c#t#d#s0. so the bootblock is located at bootable disk.

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