Infrastructure Software

Hello all,

I have seen this error over and over... "Bad PBR Sig" and I have yet to find a way to fix it.

I am installing Solaris 10 on a brand new disk. When the installation asks me, I tell it to use the whole disk for Solaris. Call me crazy, but I would expect this to also configure the disk to be bootable. The installation proceeds without problem and then when it reboots, I get the error.

I have searched Sunsolve, Google and everywhere else I could think to look, but I cannot find an answer on how to fix it. I see lots of guesses as to why the problem shows up, but no step-by-step's on how to fix it.

My system is a basic Dell, P4 2Ghz, 512MB RAM, single 40GB HDD and a DVD-ROM drive. Nothing special here. No multi-booting, only one drive... just a simple, basic PC.

Windows installs fine, so I know it isnt the disk.

I understand that for some reason Solaris cant make a disk bootable during installation... which baffles me. Sometimes it seems to be able to and other times it cant. It just doesnt make sense to me how Windows can boot from any disk you give it, but Solaris has a fit.

Anyway, is there anyone out there who can help me make a disk bootable for Solaris 10 after its been installed? I am relatively new to this and it is most frustrating when something as simple as booting the OS that was just installed is do difficult.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help or point me to where I can find help.