Dale Ghent wrote:
> There really isn't one. The PROM executes a small ZFS reader program
> (boot block) that lives in the same place that the traditional UFS boot
> block lived, at block 0.

Hi Dale,
Thanks for that information-- I understand the SPARC boot process better now.
Still, I read in the S10 docs at:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985/ggqdk?a=view
"SPARC: How to Boot From a ZFS Root File System"

that the '-Z' option to 'boot' will let you specify which BE to boot.  I assume
one would need a version of OBP that has the -Z option, if I wanted to have full
control over the boot process, is that correct?

The basis for my question is that I would like to demo the ZFS boot feature on
SPARC internally at my company, but the only hardware I have is an old Ultra 5,
and I wanted to know if it would fully support ZFS boot.

Thanks,
Eric
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