Dave Miner wrote: > jan damborsky wrote: >> Hi Sanjay, >> >> >> jan damborsky wrote: >>>> 326-336 - can you verify that this is needed with the changes for >>>> zfs boot. >>> I have removed all code dealing with "zpool.cache" file. That code >>> originally took care of having etc/zfs/zpool.cache in list of files >>> which need to be in boot archive. I have installed 91 on ZFS root >>> and zpool.cache is not being added in filelist.ramdisk and is not >>> part of boot archive. >> >> Searching more, I have found appropriate section in >> PSARC/2006/370 - ZFS as a Root File System referring to this: >> >> "Early in the kernel startup stage, before the zfs root file can be >> mounted, the state of the root pool must be imported. The zpool.cache >> file cannot be read at this time because it isn't in the boot archive >> (see PSARC/2006/525 - Newboot Sparc). However, the information for the >> root pool is available in the metadata stored in the boot disk (which, >> by definition, is a vdev in the root pool). So the metadata used to >> make the root pool active is read directly from the boot disk." >> >> However, looking at the LiveCD, filelist.ramdisk contains >> entry for "etc/zfs/zpool.cache" file: >> >> $ grep zfs /boot/solaris/filelist.ramdisk >> etc/zfs/zpool.cache >> >> So, it seems that more changes would need to be done on LiveCD >> and in Slim install with respect to the integration of ZFS root >> project. I have also noticed following when looking at nv91 >> installed on ZFS root using SXCE text installer: >> >> * root is no longer "legacy" mounted >> * swap & dump are on ZFS volumes >> >> That said, these are not directly related to the "GRUB" issue >> addressed by the fix, but should I file new CR to address all >> remaining ZFS root changes ? >> > > Yes, I would like these addressed soon.
ok - I have just filed bug for tracking this issue: 2161 installer should be compliant with "ZFS root" design Thank you, Jan
