Restarting NFS to Resolve Boot Failed Errors

Boot Failed messages occur when the management server cannot access files during a Load OS operation, and appear similar to the following example.

Error: boot: lookup /js/4/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot failed
boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unix

The message differs depending on the OS that is being deployed.

Stale NFS file handles are the most common cause of this problem. Log in to the management server as root (su - root) and restart NFS.

• On a Solaris OS management server, type svcadm nfs restart

• On a Linux OS management server, type /etc/init.d/nfs restart