On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 04:56:00PM +0100, Heinz Nikolaus Gies wrote: > It affects anyone who use the USB image provided on smartos.org > <http://smartos.org/> and a ‘out of the box’(as in no bios settings change X9 > board), if it’s the kernel, or the boot loader, or whatever else is just > semantics. But the end result is the same if someone buys that system, > downloads the usbimage, follows the documentation, they’re in a world of hurt > with crazy symptoms that and no documentation other then a issue on github > somewhere. And yes I know the workaround works, I’ve been through the > procedure and doubted my sanity for a week in the meantime.
If someone buys that box as specified by us, it will work flawlessly. The takeaway here is not that what we're recommending is bad, it's that no matter what you use, the details of its configuration are critical. I would be hard-pressed to identify a PC-compatible system you can buy today that doesn't have some firmware setting that will cause the system to be a brick. Not to mention that half the systems you can buy today will now default to UEFI booting, which means they are bricks out of the box. > It’s all good and fine that it works on SDC, most people I’d imagine however > use the SmartOS images and when following the suggestion blindly might end up > getting a pretty horrible experience. When Understand the comments on the > issue correctly, a patch exists since June 2012 > (https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/commit/579a0cce5a44006146af792ffd8db78cdaf56d1c > > <https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/commit/579a0cce5a44006146af792ffd8db78cdaf56d1c>). Right, I know this problem very well as I debugged it myself. Again, if you or anyone else would like to apply the GRUB change (the kernel change is already present) to SmartOS, we would welcome that work. Or just use SDC, which is open source and free to download. Or make sure your systems are properly configured by your vendor as specified by Joyent. There's absolutely no reason to get bitten by this firmware bug; there are so many ways to avoid it. All systems that have firmware have firmware bugs. Knowing how to avoid them is the system integrator's function. With respect to the systems listed in our documentation, Joyent has already performed that function for you. If you wish to use something else, you will be performing that work yourself. It is not for me to say which is preferable for you, but I know I personally am always happy to have someone else do the heavy lifting for me. ------------------------------------------- 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
