How do I boot with kadb on the Solaris OS for x86 Platforms?
General information on the x86 booting process can be found at the http://docs.sun.com online documentation site, searching for boot kadb or “b kadb” The boot(1m), and eeprom(1m) commands also provide descriptive information; in general x86 and SPARC boot options are handled similarly. Here is some further clarification: Specifically, the file the secondary boot loads can be controlled by setting of the ‘boot-file’ property, and by command line override. During Solaris x86 boot, the /etc/bootrc file interprets user input. ‘b kadb [boot-flags]’ is the typical syntax for entering commands. At the install prompt, typing ‘kadb’ is interpreted as a shorthand for ‘boot kadb -d’. Other alternatives effecting kadb boot are the setting of the ‘boot-file’ property, via either the devconf boot diskette menu system (see the Help Menu for the boot-properties editing menu), the eeprom(1m) command, or by direct editing of the bootenv.rc file, which stores the pseudo-prom properties which cannot actua
