Solaris 9 recover from /usr/lib/ld.so.1 missing

Solaris 9 recover from /usr/lib/ld.so.1 missing or damaged

 

Regarding the function of lib file ld.so.1, please refer to

 

This article focuses on how to recover /usr/lib/ld.so.1 missing system which basis on software raid 1 setting.

 

Once ld.so.1 missed or damaged, all command is unavailable system can’t login display error code.

 

If you have logined terminal try below command to restore it

 

#/usr/sbin/static/cp  /etc/lib/ld.so.1   /usr/lib/

 

Else you should boot CDROM to recover it from /etc/lib/ld.so.1 or backup.

 

Below is an example shows how to recover the system miss ld.so.1 but have its backup in /usr/lib/ld.so.1.old. The system have software raid 1 confiugred.

 

1.        insert the installation CD to CDROM;

2.        press stop+A, it appears OK> prompt;

3.        type "boot cdrom -s", and boot to CDROM then drop you a shell;

4.        use “format” command to see which device /usr mounting to (assume it is c1t0d0s3), then “#mount /dev/disk/c1t0d0s3  /mnt”;

5.        use command “#cp /mnt/lib/ld.so.1.old /mnt/lib/ld.so.1” to replace this file there(assume you have a backup of file ld.so.1.old under /usr before system down)

6.        remove all lines related with mirror in /etc/system;

7.        change all partitions of /etc/vfstab using single slice disk rather than md raid;

8.        use “sync, reboot” to restart server;

9.        wait system boot up.

10.    re-mirror the system disk