Would please also look at the thread I started with a better subject, being "ZFS root moved to new device path"
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Jürgen Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its is possible to boot from USB as I have booted the > > the older Indiana Preview from USB thanks to > > instrunctions in Dave Miners blog. > > Yep. > > I have an 8GB USB flash memory stick with ZFS root / boot > (SXCE 91), bfu upgraded to snv_95. This USB flash memory > device is bootable on five different 32- and 64-bit amd64 and Intel > core2 boxes by now, on any USB root hub port ;-) > > This started to work after the putback for: > > 6704717 ZFS mirrored root doesn't live up to expectations > 6710937 Boot failed information should be more friendly > > These added a new zfs boot feature, that allows the root > device to be opened by "devid", in addition to the attempt > to use a physical device path ... > > Using the open by devid, the USB flash memory device can > be found whereever it is connected on the USB bus. > > > > This is probably not a bug. Solaris is not designed > > to be able to move a system configured for SATA to > > boot via USB. > > Ok, switching between SATA and USB still won't work, > because the SATA and USB disk device driver don't > generate compatible devids. > > > > It would be a request for enhancment in that case. > > > Hmm, I think what is missing is a feature to locate the > zpool's disks using the "guid" of the disks. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > [email protected] > -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Afrikaanse Stap Website: http://www.bloukous.co.za My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com ICQ = 193944626, YahooIM = johan_hartzenberg, GoogleTalk = [EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM = JohanHartzenberg
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