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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)

9.  Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Tasks)

Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Task Map)

Description of the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives

Managing the boot-archive Service

How to Enable or Disable the boot-archive Service

Administering Automatic Boot Archive Recovery

x86: How to Clear Automatic Boot Archive Update Failures by Using the auto-reboot-safe Property

How to Clear Automatic Boot Archive Update Failures by Using the bootadm Command

Using the bootadm Command to Manage the Boot Archives

How to Manually Update the Boot Archive by Using the bootadm Command

How to List Contents of the Boot Archive

x86: How to Locate the Active GRUB Menu and List Current Menu Entries

x86: How to Set the Default Boot Entry for the Active GRUB Menu

10.  x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference)

11.  Managing Services (Overview)

12.  Managing Services (Tasks)

Index

Managing the Oracle Solaris Boot Archives (Task Map)

Table 9-1 Oracle Solaris Boot Archive Management: Task Map

Task
Description
For Information
x86: Clear a boot archive update failure by using the auto-reboot-safe property.
Use this procedure in cases where the boot archive update on an x86 based system fails because the auto-reboot-safe property is set to false.
x86: How to Clear Automatic Boot Archive Update Failures by Using the auto-reboot-safe Property
Clear a boot archive update failure by using the bootadm command.
Use this procedure to manually clear boot archive update failures on the SPARC platform, and on the x86 platform, if the auto-reboot-safe property is set to true.
How to Clear Automatic Boot Archive Update Failures by Using the bootadm Command
Manage the boot-archive service.
The boot-archive service is controlled by the Service Management Facility (SMF). Use the svcadm command to enable and disable services. Use the svcs command to verify whether the boot-archive service is running.
Managing the boot-archive Service
Update the boot archives by using the bootadm command.
Use the bootadm update-archive command to manually update the boot archive.
How to Manually Update the Boot Archive by Using the bootadm Command
List the contents of the boot archives by using the bootadm command.
Use the bootadm list-archive command to list the contents of the boot archive.
How to List Contents of the Boot Archive
x86 only: Locate the active GRUB menu by using the bootadm command.
Use the bootadm list-menu command to determine the location of the active GRUB menu.
x86: How to Locate the Active GRUB Menu and List Current Menu Entries
x86 only: Set the default boot entry in the GRUB menu by using the bootadm command.
Use the bootadm set-menu command to set the default boot entry in the GRUB menu.
x86: How to Set the Default Boot Entry for the Active GRUB Menu
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