On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 15:48 -0500, Albert Lee wrote: > Alternatively I think you could just get a live USB or SXCE failsafe > image. > http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris.html > explains how to modify the SXCE failsafe image - procedure should be > similar for live USB. > You need to modify its /etc/driver_aliases: > # echo '"pci10de,ab5" ahci' >> <basedir>/etc/driver_aliases > (no other entry should be needed because the PCI ID is always matched > before the PCI class). > Then on the installed system do: > # update_drv -a -i '"pci10de,ab5"' ahci; touch /reconfigure > The driver will fail to attach but that's expected. > If you're using the live USB, then: > # zpool import -f rpool; beadm mount <BE name> /a; devfsadm -C -r /a; > bootadm update-archive -R /a -f; beadm umount /a; reboot > With SXCE failsafe: > # zpool import -f rpool; zfs mount rpool/ROOT/<BE name> /a; devfsadm -C -r > /a; bootadm update-archive -R /a -f; zfs umount /a; reboot > (don't export the pool)
I tried to do this with an OpenSolaris live USB but I can't get the right driver to be attached. I'm changing /etc/driver_aliases in solarismisc.zlib but it seems that one is not used when I boot the system from live USB. -- Christian
