Appendix A Troubleshooting 137
Hardware Error Messages

The following table shows some error messages that result from hardwareissues,

possible causes of those issues, and solutions.

TABLEA-1 SunPCi III Hardware Error Messages and Solutions
ErrorMessage PossibleCause Solution
Driver not found.
Can’t attach to
device.
Yoursystem cannot identify the PCI device.
YourSunPCi III card might not be properly
seated in the PCI slot.
Remove and reinstallyour
SunPCi III cardas described in
the SunPCi III Quick Start
Installation Guide.
The SunPCi III
drivers could not be
loaded. Is another
session running?
This message might appear for one of the
following reasons:
• You already have a SunPCi III session
running.
• You removed the SunPCi III card and
then reinstalledit in a different PCI slot in
your system.
• You started SunPCi III software without
firstrestarting your system after you
installed the card.
Perform a correspondingaction:
• Quit the other session before
running SunPCi III software
again.
• If possible, remove the card
and install it into the PCI slot it
firstoccupied.
• Log in as superuser, type halt
at the # prompt to halt your
system again, and restartat the
ok promptusing boot -r.
Driver couldn’t be
loaded. SunPCi III
cannot open the
device.
YourSunPCi III card might not be properly
seated in the PCI slot. Make surethat the cardis
securelyseated in the PCI slot.
System could not
transfer file data
from buffers.
Youhave run out of disk space on your
host filesystem. Make morespace on your host
filesystem.