Kyle McDonald wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> Let's be clear: there is no plan to use GRUB on SPARC; the >> newboot-sparc project uses a boot archive, but not GRUB. >> > Ok. I must have gotten the wrong idea from the old thread Mike pointed at. > > Just curious, what's the advantage of a 'boot archive' for the mini root > instead of an NFS root? >
You can read PSARC/2006/525 for more detailed background since it was an open case, but the thumbnail is limiting divergence in the boot architecture across various boot sources. Having a common boot archive for both LAN and WAN installs (the latter can't use NFS) limits the test matrix, increases reliability, and reduces the likelihood of customer errors. Dave
