I have an existing server using grub2 to boot into multiple operating systems (currently 3 CentOS installations and one vmware). I want to boot SmartOS as well. Unfortunately, the usual "use a burnt CD/DVD" or "stick in a USB drive" don't really work, as I rarely have physical access.
I set aside 2 partitions on the physical disk - gpt14 1GB and gpt12 100GB. I downloaded the smartos-latest.iso, but how can I get grub2 to boot? 1- I cannot burn and install a physical CD/DVD or USB drive 2- grub2 can loopback mount an ISO, but it needs a direct kernel to boot from there, cannot do chainloader. I tried: insmod chain loopback (loop0) (hd0,14)/smartos-latest.iso set root='loop0' chainloader +1 no luck. 2- I tried memdisk, same issue, it sees memdisk, but then immediately reboots the physical machine 3- I tried direct loopback then multiboot/module commands, no valid disk 4- I tried emptying the contents of the iso into the gpt14 partition, then just tried to 'chainloader +1' it, no valid boot disk found And so on. How can I just get the thing to boot without physical access? Yes, I do have console access of course. Thanks. -- Avi Deitcher Follow me http://twitter.com/avideitcher Read me http://blog.atomicinc.com ------------------------------------------- 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
