[OmniOS-discuss] booting from a raidz

2014-06-23 Thread Nicolas Di Gregorio
Hi, I'm wanting to try and learn omnios. I've a linux background. This question can seems odd but is it possible to boot from a raidz pool? Kind regards ___ OmniOS-discuss mailing list OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] booting from a raidz

2014-06-23 Thread Valrhona
Is there a particular reason that you want to do this? OmniOS takes up just a few gigabytes, and boots just fine (for me) off a USB stick. It makes to mirror that kind of configuration, and there are advantages to having a dedicated boot drive (since the zpool will consume the whole disk). So I

[OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

2014-06-23 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
hello, i mostly use omnios to better understand unix administration with a focus on solaris based systems. most of my previous work has been under linux and various bsd systems. there used to be provision to have virtual consoles which are typically cycled through by a key-combination (ctrl +

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

2014-06-23 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Hello Mayuresh! there used to be provision to have virtual consoles which are typically cycled through by a key-combination (ctrl + alt + fnx). Solaris-based systems typically use Alt-FNx. such functionality probably does not exist under omnios. What makes you think that? is there any

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

2014-06-23 Thread Volker A. Brandt
# svcadm enable vtdaemon Missing the svcadm enable console-login:vt2 command here. # svcs console-login vtdaemon [...] Regards -- Volker -- Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

2014-06-23 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
yes, did it, followed your instructions to the last letter. no effect. # svcs console-login vtdaemon shows the word online for all of the virtual terminals i started. anything i might have done wrong? ~mayuresh On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 09:32:17AM +0200, Volker A. Brandt wrote: # svcadm

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

2014-06-23 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Mayuresh Kathe writes: yes, did it, followed your instructions to the last letter. no effect. So I tried it myself, just for you. :-) I forgot that by default, the hotkey switching is disabled. Don't ask me why... I think it is stupid. So, you need to set the SMF property for the hotkeys:

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

2014-06-23 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
yes, did it, and now everything working just fine. :) thanks for this. ~mayuresh On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:45:04AM +0200, Volker A. Brandt wrote: Mayuresh Kathe writes: yes, did it, followed your instructions to the last letter. no effect. So I tried it myself, just for you. :-) I