russell aspinwall wrote: > Hi, > > I found a reference here ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB ) that > OpenSolaris uses a modified Legacy GRUB install to support disk labels, > automatic 64 bit kernel selection and booting from ZFS (with compression and > multiple boot environments). > > Are there plans to support GRUB2 as the its ability to be extended ( see here > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2.en.html ) via dynamically loaded > modules would allow only specific modules to be replaced, added or removed. > > eg > If rpool is upgraded to support encryption and encryption is applied, this > would automatically trigger the installation of correct GRUB2 module which > would be able to prompt for the appropriate access key from the keyboard or > usb memory stick.
I believe that support for EFI booting and GPT partitions will include moving to GRUB 2. Dave
