* Alexander Eremin ([email protected]) wrote:
> Hi this time I successfully can install OpenSolaris from linux-running
> VirtualBox on raw disk.  But after booting from this disk I have
> kernel panic due wrong bootpath and diskdevid: NOTICE:
> spa_import_rootpool: error 19 Cannot mount root on ...  This is
> because Vbox recognized for example my /dev/hdc as c7d0p0 from linux,
> in reality this is c1d0p0 (and also difference with devid).  It would
> be cool to have a way to solve this  - in this case we will have easy
> possibility for OS installation from any other (remote) system.  I
> solved this installing small ufs-image and (after rebooting) running
> zfs-installation from it, but this is not beautiful method..

See CR 6795637

I had this exact problem while trying to implement automated VM
construction functionality inside distro constructor.  Until that CR is
addressed, the only solution I have been able to come up with is to
perform the installation *inside* the running VM.  That way, the ZFS
devid doesn't change.

Cheers,

-- 
Glenn
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