Boot archive error or corrupt
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
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
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
Many many thanks Hendrawan,
I also got that error but its resolved.
Ediel
25 Jul 09 at 1:24 am
hello Hendrawan
Thanks a lot for you help it was cool
Francisco
8 Aug 09 at 6:00 am
@all: You’re welcome guys, eniwey thanks for your feedback.
Hendrawan
12 Aug 09 at 10:59 am
Thank you very much Hendrawan!!!You rocks:)
Ganesh Krishnaa
25 Nov 09 at 7:03 am
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
@Evie: whether the problem with the disk space was already completed, for example removing unused files
Hendrawan
15 Feb 10 at 4:02 pm