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Boot archive error or corrupt

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A few weeks ago, I got a little problem with my solaris box, namely solaris won’t boot because the boot archive was corrupt, *sigh*. Anyway the boot archive in solaris 10 was contain kernel module and configuration file was needed for solaris to startup the system.

Error:

module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive error 3 bad or corrupt data while decompressing file

Workaround:

Boot up your solaris in “solaris failsafe mode”, next solaris image will mount with writeable mode on “/a” mount point

sh> rm -f /a/platform/i86pc/boot_archive
sh> bootadm update-archive -R /a
sh> reboot

Written by Hendrawan

May 1st, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Posted in Common Problem, Solaris

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8 Responses to 'Boot archive error or corrupt'

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  1. Thanks very much for this info. It was the first link that came up in google and it worked perfectly!

    Patrick

    17 Jun 09 at 2:27 pm

  2. You’re welcome Patrick.
    Thanks for the feedback.

    *untungnya ni postingan dah gue ganti jadi make bahasa inggris, ;d*

    Hendrawan

    18 Jun 09 at 8:51 am

  3. Many many thanks Hendrawan,

    I also got that error but its resolved.

    Ediel

    25 Jul 09 at 1:24 am

  4. hello Hendrawan

    Thanks a lot for you help it was cool

    Francisco

    8 Aug 09 at 6:00 am

  5. @all: You’re welcome guys, eniwey thanks for your feedback.

    Hendrawan

    12 Aug 09 at 10:59 am

  6. Thank you very much Hendrawan!!!You rocks:)

    Ganesh Krishnaa

    25 Nov 09 at 7:03 am

  7. I started off with the same error (system was unable to completely update the boot-archive due to an issue with disk space), so I removed/rebuilt the boot-archive in failsafe mode. I still can’t boot – instead of the initial O/S load message, the cursor just blinks and hangs. Any ideas?

    Evie

    5 Jan 10 at 3:57 am

  8. @Evie: whether the problem with the disk space was already completed, for example removing unused files

    Hendrawan

    15 Feb 10 at 4:02 pm

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