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System Administration Guide: Basic Administration     Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10
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Preface

1.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

2.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

3.  Introduction to Shutting Down and Booting a System

4.  Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)

5.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

6.  Modifying Oracle Solaris Boot Behavior (Tasks)

7.  Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

8.  Troubleshooting Booting an Oracle Solaris System (Tasks)

Troubleshooting Booting on the SPARC Platform (Task Map)

Troubleshooting Booting on the SPARC Platform

SPARC: How to Stop the System for Recovery Purposes

SPARC: Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

SPARC: How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

SPARC: How to Boot a System for Recovery Purposes

SPARC: How to Boot a ZFS Root Environment to Recover From a Lost Password or Similar Problem

SPARC: How to Boot the System With the Kernel Debugger (kmdb)

Troubleshooting Booting on the x86 Platform (Task Map)

Troubleshooting on the x86 Platform

x86: How to Stop a System for Recovery Purposes

x86: Forcing a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

x86: How to Force a Crash Dump and Reboot of the System

x86: How to Boot a System With the Kernel Debugger in the GRUB Boot Environment (kmdb)

9.  Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)

10.  x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

11.  Managing Services (Overview)

12.  Managing Services (Tasks)

Index

Troubleshooting Booting on the x86 Platform (Task Map)

Task
Description
For Instructions
Stop a system for recovery purposes.
If a damaged file is preventing the system from booting normally, first stop the system to attempt recovery.
Force a crash dump of and reboot of the system.
You can force a crash dump and reboot of the system as a troubleshooting measure.
Boot a system with the kernel debugger.
You can the system with the kernel debugger to troubleshoot booting problems. Use the kmdb command to boot the system.