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Boot failed after applying Solaris 10 kernel patch - HELP !!

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underh20

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Jan 22, 2010, 1:53:44 PM1/22/10
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Hello,

Our Sun V245 server is running Solaris 10 and 2 internal disks are
hardware raided to form the root disk.

The server failed to boot up after we installed the latest kernel
patch. We tried to rebuild/reinstall
the "bootblk" and "boot_archive" from the Solaris 10 DVD (11/09) but
to no avail.

Could anyone help us in resolving the problem and booting up the
machine please ?
The following are the error messages when booting up.

Thanks,

Bill

========================================================
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: disk File and args:

seek failed

Can't mount root

Warning: Fcode sequence resulted in a net stack depth change of 1
Evaluating:

Evaluating:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
{1} ok

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underh20

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Jan 22, 2010, 6:53:36 PM1/22/10
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On Jan 22, 1:59 pm, Michael Vilain <vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article
> <75fabea5-1462-4cb8-b31a-1a62b1516...@l19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
> To get you up and running, what happens when you restore from the full
> backup you took before the upgrade?
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We didn't have to restore from backup. We had to reinstall the
"bootblk" and "boot_archive" at the appropriate directory from the
latest Solaris 10 DVD. Thanks come up OK afterwards.

Thanks,

Bill

Ian Collins

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Jan 22, 2010, 10:17:33 PM1/22/10
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underh20 wrote:
>
> We didn't have to restore from backup. We had to reinstall the
> "bootblk" and "boot_archive" at the appropriate directory from the
> latest Solaris 10 DVD. Thanks come up OK afterwards.

Next time, use Live Upgrade to clone your BE before patching!

--
Ian Collins

kartikvashishta108

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Jan 28, 2010, 5:15:00 PM1/28/10
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"boot -F failsafe" should do it....one may get this option at the
"give root password for system maintenance".......
some stuff is documented here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985/archive-123?a=view

Horst Scheuermann

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Feb 9, 2010, 9:59:01 AM2/9/10
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Am Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:17:33 +1300 schrieb Ian Collins:


>
> Next time, use Live Upgrade to clone your BE before patching!

that would be the correct advice, if LU worked as described

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David Combs

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Feb 10, 2010, 6:57:42 PM2/10/10
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In article <pan.2010.02.09....@2010.antispam.de>,

I just got through reading something about LU (2002?), and it
looked pretty neat.

Question: What's the general opinion about using it?

Is it a good way to upgrade the os to the next version?

If not, why not?

And, about the comment above, ,"if LU worked as described" --
described where, in the OP's post's command, in the man-page,
or where?

And in what way DOES it work ok?

Thanks,

David


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