panic: cannot mount boot archives
Hello !
I have installed Solarias 10 1/06 some time ago and today I managed to get most of the updates installed with Sun Update Connection, but now my Solarias system will not boot !
It says: 'cannot mount boot archives' and prompts me to press a key for reboot.
Note that some of the updates failed to install for reason of being 'obsolete or not allowed by system policy'. I set no policy for my computer whatsoever other that just installing Solaris.
Now I can only start 'Solaris failsafe' from the GRUB menu, but there the man command does not work, and I don't know how to start the GUI. I also answered 'Yes' when Solaris failsafe oferred to update 'boot archives', with no change.
No need to tell you I don't know how to operate the Solaris OS yet and I am trying hard to learn it in my short and little spare time.
I will eventualy download and burn a new set of CDs for a new version of Solaris, but I think automated updates that result in an unbootable system are a serious problem anyway.
Thank you
Timothy R. Madden
Romania
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Maddena] at [2007-11-27 0:18:44]
# 1
Hi Timothy,
This forum only supports the Sun Update Connection sotware itself and not the patches it applies or the results of applying those patches.
The problem you are having needs an OS engineer to assist and as such i'd *strongly* recommend that you raise a support case with your local solution centre using your support contract (if you have one) to get the quickest assistance. If you do not have a support contract i'd recommend re-posting your issue in the Solaris 10 forum linked below as the people in there are better placed to assist with this issue. It may also help to recall the patches that you selected to install -
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=844
Note that the error you received regarding the patch install not being allowed could be generated for a number of reasons (one of which is that the specific patch cannot be installed automatically by the toolset and has to be installed manually). These errors always mean that the specific patch is not applied though and will be unrelated to the host not booting correctly.
Finally, the Sun Update Connection software does not provide automatic updates to any system. Any action which applies or downloads patches must be initiated by the user themselves.
