Tips for Troubleshooting Solaris Boot Issues
(Doc ID 1451404.1)
Last updated on AUGUST 21, 2024
Applies to:
Solaris Operating System - Version 10 and laterOracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Purpose
This document provides tips you can use when troubleshooting Solaris boot problems.
Troubleshooting Steps
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In this Document
Purpose |
Troubleshooting Steps |
Preliminary questions to ask to understand the system configuration and to identify where in the boot process it is failing or generating errors |
Understanding boot terminology |
Understanding the Solaris boot phases |
Accessing the system console |
Troubleshooting low level boot phase issues - Boot PROM - POST (SPARC) / BIOS or UEFI (x86) and Hardware issues |
Troubleshooting Boot program phase issues |
ZFS bootblock issue (Solaris 10 U6 / kernel patch 137137-09 and later and Solaris 11) |
UFS bootblock issue (Solaris 10 and earlier only) |
Troubleshooting boot issues in the init and svc.startd boot phases |
Rebuilding the boot-archive |
ZFS - Problems accessing zpools during boot |
References |