> Am 02.10.2015 um 14:40 schrieb Nahum Shalman <[email protected]>: > >> https://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Installing+Joyent+SmartOS+onto+a+Bootable+Disk+Partition >> >> <https://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Installing+Joyent+SmartOS+onto+a+Bootable+Disk+Partition> > I'm guilty of having written the current version of that document as well...
Nahum, regarding your above document: ——- This doesn't work to upgrade an existing SmartOS installation. ONLY do this on a fresh system. These instructions are for a mirrored pair of spindles. Boot SmartOS in "noinstall" mode and log in as root. Pick your disks from the output of the "diskinfo" command (e.g. c0d0, d0d1, c0t0d0, c0t1d0, etc.), in this example, c0d0 and c0d1: here we should see the code section: „zpool create zones mirror c0d0 c0d1" Reboot the system normally from the CD, and go through the installer, but don't specify any disks. The system should import and use your existing zones pool. Let it reboot again. ——— My question: why not use the installer to create the zones pool? Just because of the mirroring? I thought that nowadays we have a new installer with expanded capabilities… Anyway, for my current case I do not need mirroring. Also, I infer from that document the in the meantime SmartOS has inherited from Illumos the support for booting from EFI-labeled disks, including large disks and whole-disk vdevs. (Illumos features 5560, 5561, and 5664). Is that right? Will it matter if the disk names (c0d0t0) on the target system are different as compared to the system I create the image on? I.e. the source system uses c1d0t0 and the target c0d0t0, will it still auto-import the zones pool at boot? I have to think about all these issues ahead of time since after the remote deployment during the actual boot I am completely blind and will not be able to see any error messages. Only if everything works perfectly will I be able to login via ssh. /Dirk ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
