> So the boot-archvie and failsafe are different > animals, the boot-archive > is updated when binaries in the archive are changed. > > The failsafe is never rebuilt, luupgrade script > compresses it and then > copies the compressed archive to the new boot env, it > never rebuilds it > though. > errors from lu around failsafe typically involve > errors compressing it ( > or just running out of space copying it ) > > So in u8 there are two boot-archives one specifically > for amd64, if your > system is amd64 based it will copy in the amd archive > as well.
Thanks. Now I understand what's going on. I'll copy the failsafe archives from the install media, and document the procedure for our other admins to follow. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
