In build 128 the boot archive moved to /platform/i86pc/boot_archive. 
Look there for it not in /
My guess is that you have a mismatch of your bits. Something from 
pre-128 others from 128.

Jean

Dermot McCluskey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This has been bugging me for a couple of days now, so any help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> I've built an ISO using dc.  It boots fine, and gui-install starts
> fine, but when I kick off the Install it fails almost immediately.
> The log end with:
>
> <OM Dec  2 17:32:47> Target Instantiation finished successfully
> <OM Dec  2 17:32:47> Transfer process initiated
> <OM Dec  2 17:32:47> CPIO transfer mechanism selected
> <TRANSFER_MOD_E Dec  2 17:32:48> Command /usr/bin/gzcat 
> /.cdrom/platform/i86pc//boot_archive > /var/run/boot_archive failed
> <TRANSFER_MOD Dec  2 17:32:48> TValueError or TABort
> <OM Dec  2 17:32:48> Transfer failed with error 1
> <GUI_E Dec  2 17:32:48> Installation failed in Transfer module
> <GUI_E Dec  2 17:32:48> Transferring the files from the source failed. 
> Please see previous messages for more details
>
>
> The image is correctly mounted at /.cdrom but there is no file
> called boot_archive anywhere under that dir.
>
> Does this ring any bells or does anyone have suggestions for
> debugging further?
>
> btw, I'm building the latest slim_source code, with libzfs.h and
> zfs.h from Nv 128 installed and I'm running dc against a local
> repo containing the b128 pkgs plus my slim_source pkgs.
>
>
> Thanks,
> - Dermot
>
>
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