pxe boot is no option? Am 12.04.2016 um 17:19 schrieb Dirk Steinberg: > Hi, > > I am runnning the newest SmartOS (joyent_20160330T234717Z) on > a new Skylake-based Intel NUC6. Fortunately the Skylake I219-V > Ethernet NIC is recognized and working properly (thanks Robert). > > This is also the only way for me to interact with the system since > there is no keyboard support due the lack of xHCI support in > Illumos on this legacy-free USB3-only Skylake system. > Also, I cannot even see the USB drive I booted off, also > due to the complete lack of USB support. > > This also seems to imply that any Illumos-based distribution > cannot be normally installed on any modern system > (Skylake and beyond…). > > Will we ever get xHCI support in Illumos? > > How else should one approach running SmartOS > on Skylake and beyond systems? > > I was able to work around the missing USB drive and > keyboard support by pre-fabricating a USB boot disk > that runs completely diskless without zones pool and > allows remote ssh logins. Then I can do the SmartOS > install by hand via ssh. > > I am still stuck with the fact that for a remote server deployment > I cannot get to the USB boot medium to upgrade or change > anything…. > > The zones pool is on M.2 NVMe and apparently legacy booting > from NVMe does not seem to work so installing GRUB on the > zones pool disk is also no option. (Normally, for a AHCI install, > putting GRUB on the whole-disk zones pool does indeed work, > even though it may not be recommended.) > > Does anyone know if legacy booting from NVMe should work? > I was able to UEFI-boot Ubuntu 16.04 from the NVMe, but > not SmartOS > > Any ideas? > > Cheers > Dirk >
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