> > The boot slice contains the bootstrap code. > > AFAIK, the slice is required on S-x86, because the > > bootstrap code has grown too big and doesn't fit into the > > spare sectors at the start of a regular UFS root > > filesystem any more. > > That makes sense. So if I damage that partition, how > is it recreated? Is that what bootadm does?
No, installboot(1M) (before GRUB was added to S-x86), and installgrub(1M) (after GRUB was added). > > [alternates slice] Shouldn't be used any more with modern disk hardware. > > Does that mean I can remove or overlap with that second partition? I'm not sure; removing the "alternates" partition might be OK, though you might see a warning with certain commands that there is no alternate sector slice available, e.g. here: http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/loficc/crypto/usr/src/cmd/format/ctlr_ata.c#get_alts_slice This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
