Patched Solaris 10 system problem

[Number18]

I have just patched a Solaris 10 Sparc system using suns recommended patch bundle and I get the following error when it is finished.

vc:/system/boot-archive:default (check boot archive content)
State: maintenance since Fri Jun 03 10:24:52 2005
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_FATAL.
See:

http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS

See: /etc/svc/volatile/system-boot-archive:default.log
Impact: 48 dependent services are not running. (Use -v for list.)

svc:/network/rpc/gss:default (Generic Security Service)
State: uninitialized since Fri Jun 03 10:24:51 2005
Reason: Restarter svc:/network/inetd:default is not running.
See:

http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-5H

See: gssd(1M)
Impact: 10 dependent services are not running. (Use -v for list.)

svc:/application/print/server:default (LP print server)
State: disabled since Fri Jun 03 10:24:51 2005
Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
See:

http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05

See: lpsched(1M)
Impact: 1 dependent service is not running. (Use -v for list.)

upon searching the web I found a solution to it but it is only for x86 and not sparc.

So how can I rebuild this archive on Sparc bearing in mind sparc does not have th grub bootloader. How can I boot into failsafe mode and fix teh boot-archive??

Cheers

Steve

 

[Number18]

I have some more info on the situation

when I install teh patch bundle it goes smoothely until I get to patch 118822-26 then it goes tits up as below.

Installing 118822-26...
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/trapstat: undefined symbol 'page_num_user_pagesizes'
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/trapstat: undefined symbol 'userszc_2_szc'
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/trapstat: undefined symbol 'segkmem_alloc_permanent'
WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'trapstat'
/platform/sun4u/kernel/misc/sparcv9/kmdbmod: undefined symbol 'kdi_tlb_page_unlock'
/platform/sun4u/kernel/misc/sparcv9/kmdbmod: undefined symbol 'kdi_tlb_page_lock'
/platform/sun4u/kernel/misc/sparcv9/kmdbmod: undefined symbol 'kdi_watchdog_disable'
/platform/sun4u/kernel/misc/sparcv9/kmdbmod: undefined symbol 'kdi_watchdog_restore'
WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'kmdbmod'
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/kmdb: undefined symbol 'kctl_modload_activate'
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/kmdb: undefined symbol 'kctl_deactivate'
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/kmdb: undefined symbol 'kctl_detach'
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/kmdb: undefined symbol 'kctl_attach'
WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'kmdb'
WARNING: kmdb: unable to resolve dependency, module 'misc/kmdbmod' not found


then after I reboot I get the following error and nothing works.

SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bit
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Use is subject to license terms.
Jan 20 14:51:28 svc.startd[7]: svc:/system/boot-archive:default: Method "/lib/svc/method/boot-archive" failed with exit status 1.
Jan 20 14:51:28 svc.startd[7]: svc:/system/boot-archive:default: Method "/lib/svc/method/boot-archive" failed with exit status 1.
Jan 20 14:51:28 svc.startd[7]: svc:/system/boot-archive:default: Method "/lib/svc/method/boot-archive" failed with exit status 1.
[ system/boot-archive:default failed (see 'svcs -x' for details) ]
Hostname: tcsun07
Requesting System Maintenance Mode
(See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot run

the patch install says that it was unable to install this patch so why is my installation screwed?

I have looked in the patchinfo for this patch and it says that it needs reconfiguring after install! what needs reconfiguring ? I have tried touch /reconfigure and that does not work and I have also tried boot -r and that had no effect either.

Surely I can not be the onlz person in the world to fall foul of this problem on Sparc Solaris???