Ah, but I did exactly that. I extracted the files from the ISO image, now on (hd0,14). I preserved everything as it was on the ISO. grub2 can see and list the files in (hd0,14)/boot (hd0,14)/platform etc. etc.
But I cannot figure out how to get grub2 to actually boot them. multiboot command does not launch it, chainloader doesn't, and of course "linux" command is not right for a non-Linux kernel. >From the iso image extract the kernel, boot archive, and menu.lst file. >Drop the kernel and boot archive into a place where grub2 can find them (preserving the path from /platform on), and port the kernel command line from menu.lst over to the format that grub2 expects. > >Make sure you create the zones pool manually on the correct partition. >-Nahum On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a digest of messages to smartos-discuss. > Digest Contents > > 1. SmartOS boot from grub2? > <#15162080ae9591bc_20151202042259:44B34742-98D6-11E5-9989-FAD8F010038B> > > SmartOS boot from grub2? > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/2015/12/20151202042259:44B34742-98D6-11E5-9989-FAD8F010038B> > > *Sent by Avi Deitcher <[email protected] <[email protected]>>* at Wed, 2 > Dec 2015 11:22:52 +0200 > 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> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/27839254-2d97d71c> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Avi Deitcher [email protected] 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
