Pkgchk error Solaris 10

Hi Guys,
I ran a package check command on my solaris 10 sparc system and it displayed most of the packages with errors:

pkgchk
ERROR: /boot/amd64/x86.miniroot-safe
    modtime <07/15/11 06:47:07 PM> expected <11/16/12 10:48:49 AM> actual
    file size <65> expected <158231728> actual
    file cksum <5585> expected <19253> actual
ERROR: /boot/grub/menu.lst
    modtime <06/28/11 10:58:24 AM> expected <11/16/12 10:48:50 AM> actual
    file size <1428> expected <1890> actual
    file cksum <55583> expected <23220> actual
ERROR: /boot/solaris/bootenv.rc
    modtime <06/29/10 11:15:17 AM> expected <11/16/12 10:47:05 AM> actual
    file size <486> expected <629> actual
    file cksum <41804> expected <53144> actual
ERROR: /boot/solaris/devicedb/master
    file size <676> expected <29159> actual
    file cksum <51415> expected <2078> actual

Is this normal or is there something wrong ? Please help.

Thanks

No, that's not normal. What filesystem are you using on this computer? Also, is it running SPARC or x86, your post seems to indicate both??

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Thanks Dustin, i am using both sparc and x86. Both running solaris 10. And they both displayed the same errors when I ran package check.

Any info about this will be appreciated.

Thanks

What file system are you running? It might be UFS, ZFS, etc...

Hi Dustin,
I am running ZFS on my sparc machine and running UFS on my x86 machine.

Thank you

Some of these may not be such a disaster. You may have edited your GRUB menu.lst , for example.

miniroot-safe doesn't sound so benign - if you want to boot failsafe you'll need a working copy of this image.

Are there any other files reporting as being modified (you say "most of the packages with errors"). I ask as you'll see these failures very frequently with files under /etc.

Cheers,
ZB

Tends out its actually not a problem. Got an explanation from oracle documentation.

Thanks guys for you input

I'm glad it worked out. Can you provide a link to the document?