The current system I am setting up is going to be a remote stand-alone server. So for that machine, pxe is no option. Otherwise, yes.
That still leaves the headnode out in the cold… BTW, does anyone have a PXE boot setup/config at hand for SmartOS if you are NOT running SDC? I am thinking about a minimal OS zone with DHCP (sample config anyone??) and maybe TFTP. Or does one nowadays rather use HTTP for booting? /Dirk > Am 12.04.2016 um 17:23 schrieb InterNetX - Juergen Gotteswinter > <[email protected]>: > > 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 >> > > ------------------------------------------- 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
