I wanted to send out status on the effort to make a version of Solaris install available that supports zfs as a root file system. I''ve got a version of it ready for distribution, but I''d like to test it on the Build 62 community release before I make it available. Without the build 62 community release, I have to test it on a build 61 image, updated with some build 62 packages. It''s kind of a hack and I''m not sure it''s a such a good test of the "real" procedure. I hate to put something out there that hasn''t been tested at all on its actual target environment. So once we get a build 62 community release available, I will verify that the kit works on it and then will make it available through the download center. I''ve attached the README file (as of now) so that anyone who is interested can get the flavor of what the kit will contain and how it will be used. Lori -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: README URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20070412/741f25cf/attachment.ksh>
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Lori Alt wrote:> I wanted to send out status on the effort to make a > version of Solaris install available that supports zfs > as a root file system. I''ve got a version of it ready > for distribution, but I''d like to test it on the Build 62 > community release before I make it available. > Without the build 62 community release, I have to > test it on a build 61 image, updated with some build 62 > packages. It''s kind of a hack and I''m not sure it''s a > such a good test of the "real" procedure. I hate to > put something out there that hasn''t been tested at all > on its actual target environment. So once we get a build > 62 community release available, I will verify that the > kit works on it and then will make it available through > the download center.Thank you Lori. I agree with your logic/decision-making which will only help to maximize a users chances of being successful.> I''ve attached the README file (as of now) so that anyone > who is interested can get the flavor of what the kit will > contain and how it will be used.Excellent - and again - many Thanks for all your hard work! Team ZFS Rocks! :) Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. al at logical-approach.com Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris.Org Community Advisory Board (CAB) Member - Apr 2005 OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Feb 2006 to Mar 2007
On 4/12/07, Lori Alt <Lori.Alt at sun.com> wrote: [ about 120 lines deleted]> When it''s done, reboot. You should get a GRUB menu. Select the > entry with the title "Solaris <release-name> X86". The failsave > entry should work too.This is the first mention that it is an x86 procedure. There are a couple folks out here still running sparc. Is there any news to report related to the sparc variant ZFS boot? -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/
Mike Gerdts wrote:> On 4/12/07, Lori Alt <Lori.Alt at sun.com> wrote: > > [ about 120 lines deleted] > >> When it''s done, reboot. You should get a GRUB menu. Select the >> entry with the title "Solaris <release-name> X86". The failsave >> entry should work too. > > > This is the first mention that it is an x86 procedure. There are a > couple folks out here still running sparc. Is there any news to > report related to the sparc variant ZFS boot?sparc support is in the works. We''re waiting on some other development work going on right now in the area of sparc booting in general (not specific to zfs booting, although the zfs boot loader is part of that project). I can''t give you a date right now, but zfs boot will defintely be supported on sparc as well as x86. Lori
On 13/04/07, Lori Alt <Lori.Alt at sun.com> wrote:> sparc support is in the works. We''re waiting on some other development > work going on right now in the area of sparc booting in general > (not specific to zfs booting, although the zfs boot loader > is part of that project). I can''t give you a date right now, > but zfs boot will defintely be supported on sparc as well as x86.Excellent work, thanks Lori. Am I right in thinking the Sparc delay is down to openboot (licensing issue)? -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/
On 13/04/2007, at 7:27 AM, Lori Alt wrote:> I''ve attached the README file (as of now) so that anyone > who is interested can get the flavor of what the kit will > contain and how it will be used. > > [...] > > 1. Build or download a full Solaris netinstall image with > bits that are build 62 or later, or have been built from > the Nevada source files that contain revision 3912 (putback > on 28-Mar-2007). > > [...] > > 1. Build or download a Solaris install image with bits that support > zfs boot (build 62 or later, or with Revision 3912).Thanks for all the good work on zfs boot.. I can''t wait to try this out. Might I suggest that the final README should use the hex identifier for the changeset in question, rather than the revision number, since in mercurial revision numbers are local to the repository and not guaranteed to be the same anywhere but your own repository.
Dick Davies wrote:> On 13/04/07, Lori Alt <Lori.Alt at sun.com> wrote: > >> sparc support is in the works. We''re waiting on some other development >> work going on right now in the area of sparc booting in general >> (not specific to zfs booting, although the zfs boot loader >> is part of that project). I can''t give you a date right now, >> but zfs boot will defintely be supported on sparc as well as x86. > > Excellent work, thanks Lori. > > Am I right in thinking the Sparc delay is down to openboot > (licensing issue)? >No, nothing to do with openboot or licensing. The new sparc boot work changes some of the interfaces between the various parts of the code involved in boot (the boot loader, the early kernel code, some user-level code, etc.). We could have designed zfs boot for sparc in accord with the old interfaces or the new ones, and obviously, we chose to work with the new ones. But that means we''re dependent on them. So we can''t boot from sparc until that boot rework is delivered and made available. Booting from zfs will not require any changes to OBP. Existing proms will support it. Lori
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Lori Alt wrote:> > Booting from zfs will not require any changes to OBP. > Existing proms will support it. > > LoriThen presumably not from EFI-labelled disks - is that coming? Pete.
Peter Bunclark wrote:> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Lori Alt wrote: > >> Booting from zfs will not require any changes to OBP. >> Existing proms will support it. >> >> Lori >> > > Then presumably not from EFI-labelled disks - is that coming? > > Pete. >I''m afraid that I don''t know the answer to that. Maybe someone more in touch with general boot and OBP issues (not specific to zfs) can answer your question. You are correct that at this time, booting from EFI-labeled disks will not be possible. Lori
Hi,
I would like to continue this (maybe a bit outdated) thread with
the question:
1. How to create a netinstall image?
2. How to write the netinstall image back as an ISO9660 on DVD?
(after patching it for the zfsboot)
Roman
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