A kernel patch caused the machine to panic, leaving it in a confused state. I was able to boot from a CD and back out the patch, but it did not update the boot archive, even after issuing
/sbin/bootadm update-archive -R /a
to fix:
Boot into the disk failsafe, then run:
/a/boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk -R /a
/usr/sbin/flarcreate -cSn “some comment” -a “some_email@somewhere.com” -R / -X /root/exclude_from_flar.txt /path/to/archive.flar
without the ‘-a’ the flar install will fail with the error: “ERROR: Could not find archive”
ksh -o vi
export TERM=vt100
/usr/openwin/bin/resize
or, If booted from CD or in failsafe:
/a/usr/openwin/bin/resize
