[ale] auotboot fail

[Marc Vogt]

On a machine (IRIX 5.3) - there is a machine (not mine!) that won't boot.
It gives the following error.  

"autoboot failed"  scsi(0) disk(1) rdisk(0) partition(0)/unix no such file or directory

now, I can use a software install utility and CDROM to gain access to the directory tree
and if find that /dev/dsk/dks0d1s0 is indeed mountable and I can swim around in it
and I see that /unix does exist and seems to be unaltered (at least recently).
SO if the kernal exists and it is on a mountable partition, why do we get the
above error and what can I do to fix it?

Any tips as always greatly appreciated!


thanks

MArc