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bosboot issue

bosboot -ad hdisk0 give the following error ..

malloc failed

0301-177 A previous bosdebug command has changed characteristics of this
boot image. Use bosdebug -L to display what these changes are.

0301-106 /usr/lib/boot/bin/mkboot_chrp: The malloc call failed for size: 216174592

0301-158 bosboot: mkboot failed to create bootimage.

0301-165 bosboot: WARNING! bosboot failed - do not attempt to boot device

Please help me !!

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Have you tried creating a multibos environment like mentioned here?

Probably you will have to call IBM.

I hope this helps.

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