Re: [zfs-discuss] ufs root to zfs root liveupgrade?
hi My user error it is fine now I may have use* reboot* and not init 6 So far I try the following: 1)with two hdd, ufsroot liveug to zfsroot work 2)with one hdd but different slice ufsroot liveug to zfsroot work grub does provide the choice of ufsroot and zfsroot *init 6* seems to be very important to update the menu.1st before reboot regards On 8/28/2010 5:17 PM, Ian Collins wrote: On 08/28/10 11:39 PM, LaoTsao 老曹 wrote: hi all Try to learn how UFS root to ZFS root liveUG work. I download the vbox image of s10u8, it come up as UFS root. add a new disks (16GB) create zpool rpool run lucreate -n zfsroot -p rpool run luactivate zfsroot run lustatus it do show zfsroot will be active in next boot init 6 but it come up with UFS root, lustatus show ufsroot active zpool rpool is mounted but not used by boot As Casper said, you have to change boot drive. The easiest way to migrate to ZFS is to use a spare slice on the original drive for the new pool You can then mirror that off to another drive. attachment: laotsao.vcf___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] ufs root to zfs root liveupgrade?
hi all Try to learn how UFS root to ZFS root liveUG work. I download the vbox image of s10u8, it come up as UFS root. add a new disks (16GB) create zpool rpool run lucreate -n zfsroot -p rpool run luactivate zfsroot run lustatus it do show zfsroot will be active in next boot init 6 but it come up with UFS root, lustatus show ufsroot active zpool rpool is mounted but not used by boot Is this a known bug? I donot have access to sunsolve now regards attachment: laotsao.vcf___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ufs root to zfs root liveupgrade?
hi all Try to learn how UFS root to ZFS root liveUG work. I download the vbox image of s10u8, it come up as UFS root. add a new disks (16GB) create zpool rpool run lucreate -n zfsroot -p rpool run luactivate zfsroot run lustatus it do show zfsroot will be active in next boot init 6 but it come up with UFS root, lustatus show ufsroot active zpool rpool is mounted but not used by boot You'll need to boot from a different disk; I don't think that the OS can change the boot disk (it can on SPARC but it can't on x86) Casper ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ufs root to zfs root liveupgrade?
thx try to detach the old ufs and boot from the new zfsroot it fail I reattach the ufsroot disk and find out that in the rpool/boot/grub/menu.1st findroot (rootfs0,0,a) and not findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) not sure what is the correct findroot here even with this change to findroot and try to boot it fail with cannot find file regards On 8/28/2010 7:47 AM, casper@sun.com wrote: hi all Try to learn how UFS root to ZFS root liveUG work. I download the vbox image of s10u8, it come up as UFS root. add a new disks (16GB) create zpool rpool run lucreate -n zfsroot -p rpool run luactivate zfsroot run lustatus it do show zfsroot will be active in next boot init 6 but it come up with UFS root, lustatus show ufsroot active zpool rpool is mounted but not used by boot You'll need to boot from a different disk; I don't think that the OS can change the boot disk (it can on SPARC but it can't on x86) Casper attachment: laotsao.vcf___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ufs root to zfs root liveupgrade?
On 08/28/10 11:39 PM, LaoTsao 老曹 wrote: hi all Try to learn how UFS root to ZFS root liveUG work. I download the vbox image of s10u8, it come up as UFS root. add a new disks (16GB) create zpool rpool run lucreate -n zfsroot -p rpool run luactivate zfsroot run lustatus it do show zfsroot will be active in next boot init 6 but it come up with UFS root, lustatus show ufsroot active zpool rpool is mounted but not used by boot As Casper said, you have to change boot drive. The easiest way to migrate to ZFS is to use a spare slice on the original drive for the new pool You can then mirror that off to another drive. -- Ian. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
