--- a/usr/src/cmd/distro_const/text_install/text_mode_sparc.xml	Mon Sep 20 09:00:45 2010 -0700
+++ b/usr/src/cmd/distro_const/text_install/text_mode_sparc.xml	Tue Sep 21 10:21:04 2010 +0200
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@
 			<boot_archive>
 				<!--
 				     If/how to compress the boot archive. Valid
-				     types are gzip and none
+				     types are dcfs or none.
 				-->
-				<compression type="gzip" level="9"/>
+				<compression type="dcfs"/>
 				<!--
 				    SMF service profiles to apply to the 
 				    boot archive. If the "use_build_sys_file" 
@@ -782,6 +782,9 @@
 			<base_include type="dir">var/svc/manifest</base_include>
 			<base_include type="dir">var/svc/profile</base_include>
 			<base_include type="dir">var/sadm</base_include>
+			<!-- 
+			     Files which have to be left uncompressed in boot archive.
+			-->
 			<base_include type="file" fiocompress="false">etc/svc/repository.db</base_include>
 			<base_include type="file" fiocompress="false">etc/dev/.devfsadm_dev.lock</base_include>
 			<base_include type="file" fiocompress="false">etc/name_to_major</base_include>