zfs discuss - May 2007 - current state of play with ZFS boot and install?

Out of curiosity, I''m wondering if Lori, or anyone else who actually
writes the stuff, has any sort of a ''current state of play''
page that describes the latest OS ON release and how it does ZFS boot and
installs? There''s blogs all over the place, of course, which have a lot
of stale information, but is there a ''the current release supports
this, and this is how you install it'' page anywhere, or somewhere in
particular to watch?

I''ve been playing with ZFS boot since around b34 or whenever it was
that it first started to be able to be used as a boot partition with the
temporary ufs partition hack, but I understand it''s moved beyond that.

I''ve been downloading and playing with the ON builds every now and
then, but haven''t found (haven''t looked in the right places?)
anywhere where each build has "this is what this build does differently,
this is what works and how" documented.

can someone belt me with a cluestick please?
 
 
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I second that... I am trying to figure out what is missing so that I
can use ZFS exclusively... right now as far as I know two major
obstacles are no support from installer and issues with live update.
Are both of those expected to be resolved this year?

On 5/30/07, Carl Brewer <carl at aboc.net.au>
wrote:
> Out of curiosity, I''m wondering if Lori, or anyone else who
actually writes the stuff, has any sort of a ''current state of
play'' page that describes the latest OS ON release and how it does ZFS
boot and installs? There''s blogs all over the place, of course, which
have a lot of stale information, but is there a ''the current release
supports this, and this is how you install it'' page anywhere, or
somewhere in particular to watch?
>
> I''ve been playing with ZFS boot since around b34 or whenever it
was that it first started to be able to be used as a boot partition with the
temporary ufs partition hack, but I understand it''s moved beyond that.
>
> I''ve been downloading and playing with the ON builds every now and
then, but haven''t found (haven''t looked in the right places?)
anywhere where each build has "this is what this build does differently,
this is what works and how" documented.
>
> can someone belt me with a cluestick please?
>
>
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I''ve been using the zfsbootkit to modify my jumpstart images.  As far
as
I know, the kit is the current process for zfs boot until further
notice.

http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/install/files/zfsboot-kit-20060418.i386.tar.bz2

See readme in the package.

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 02:06 -0700, Marko Milisavljevic
wrote:
> I second that... I am trying to figure out what is missing so that I
> can use ZFS exclusively... right now as far as I know two major
> obstacles are no support from installer and issues with live update.
> Are both of those expected to be resolved this year?
> 
> On 5/30/07, Carl Brewer <carl at aboc.net.au> wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, I''m wondering if Lori, or anyone else who
actually writes the stuff, has any sort of a ''current state of
play'' page that describes the latest OS ON release and how it does ZFS
boot and installs? There''s blogs all over the place, of course, which
have a lot of stale information, but is there a ''the current release
supports this, and this is how you install it'' page anywhere, or
somewhere in particular to watch?
> >
> > I''ve been playing with ZFS boot since around b34 or whenever
it was that it first started to be able to be used as a boot partition with the
temporary ufs partition hack, but I understand it''s moved beyond that.
> >
> > I''ve been downloading and playing with the ON builds every
now and then, but haven''t found (haven''t looked in the right
places?) anywhere where each build has "this is what this build does
differently, this is what works and how" documented.
> >
> > can someone belt me with a cluestick please?
> >
> >
> > This message posted from opensolaris.org
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> > zfs-discuss mailing list
> > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org
> > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
> >
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-- 
Mike Dotson

I am running the zfsboot from b62. So far, it has been recommended that I
not upgrade to a newer build.

Malachi

On 5/31/07, Mike Dotson <Mike.Dotson at sun.com>
wrote:
>
> I''ve been using the zfsbootkit to modify my jumpstart images.  As
far as
> I know, the kit is the current process for zfs boot until further
> notice.
>
>
>
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/install/files/zfsboot-kit-20060418.i386.tar.bz2
>
> See readme in the package.
>
> On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 02:06 -0700, Marko Milisavljevic wrote:
> > I second that... I am trying to figure out what is missing so that I
> > can use ZFS exclusively... right now as far as I know two major
> > obstacles are no support from installer and issues with live update.
> > Are both of those expected to be resolved this year?
> >
> > On 5/30/07, Carl Brewer <carl at aboc.net.au> wrote:
> > > Out of curiosity, I''m wondering if Lori, or anyone else
who actually
> writes the stuff, has any sort of a ''current state of
play'' page that
> describes the latest OS ON release and how it does ZFS boot and installs?
> There''s blogs all over the place, of course, which have a lot of
stale
> information, but is there a ''the current release supports this,
and this is
> how you install it'' page anywhere, or somewhere in particular to
watch?
> > >
> > > I''ve been playing with ZFS boot since around b34 or
whenever it was
> that it first started to be able to be used as a boot partition with the
> temporary ufs partition hack, but I understand it''s moved beyond
that.
> > >
> > > I''ve been downloading and playing with the ON builds
every now and
> then, but haven''t found (haven''t looked in the right
places?) anywhere where
> each build has "this is what this build does differently, this is what
works
> and how" documented.
> > >
> > > can someone belt me with a cluestick please?
> > >
> > >
> > > This message posted from opensolaris.org
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > zfs-discuss mailing list
> > > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org
> > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > zfs-discuss mailing list
> > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org
> > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
> --
> Mike Dotson
>
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Carl''s request for a "current state of play" is a reasonable
one.  I have modified this page:

http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/boot/netinstall/

to include a list of status updates.  I will keep it current
so that anyone who wants to know how to install zfs boot
using a netinstall can get a working combination of
Solaris community release and the netinstall kit.

Lori


Malachi de ?lfweald wrote:
> I am running the zfsboot from b62. So far, it has been recommended 
> that I not upgrade to a newer build.
>
> Malachi
>
> On 5/31/07, *Mike Dotson* < Mike.Dotson at sun.com 
> <mailto:Mike.Dotson at sun.com>> wrote:
>
>     I''ve been using the zfsbootkit to modify my jumpstart images. 
As
>     far as
>     I know, the kit is the current process for zfs boot until further
>     notice.
>
>    
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/install/files/zfsboot-kit-20060418.i386.tar.bz2
>    
<http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/install/files/zfsboot-kit-20060418.i386.tar.bz2>
>
>     See readme in the package.
>
>     On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 02:06 -0700, Marko Milisavljevic wrote:
>     > I second that... I am trying to figure out what is missing so that
I
>     > can use ZFS exclusively... right now as far as I know two major
>     > obstacles are no support from installer and issues with live
update.
>     > Are both of those expected to be resolved this year?
>     >
>     > On 5/30/07, Carl Brewer <carl at aboc.net.au
>     <mailto:carl at aboc.net.au>> wrote:
>     > > Out of curiosity, I''m wondering if Lori, or anyone
else who
>     actually writes the stuff, has any sort of a ''current state of
>     play'' page that describes the latest OS ON release and how it
does
>     ZFS boot and installs? There''s blogs all over the place, of
>     course, which have a lot of stale information, but is there a
''the
>     current release supports this, and this is how you install it''
>     page anywhere, or somewhere in particular to watch?
>     > >
>     > > I''ve been playing with ZFS boot since around b34 or
whenever
>     it was that it first started to be able to be used as a boot
>     partition with the temporary ufs partition hack, but I understand
>     it''s moved beyond that.
>     > >
>     > > I''ve been downloading and playing with the ON builds
every now
>     and then, but haven''t found (haven''t looked in the
right places?)
>     anywhere where each build has "this is what this build does
>     differently, this is what works and how" documented.
>     > >
>     > > can someone belt me with a cluestick please?
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > This message posted from opensolaris.org
<http://opensolaris.org>
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opensolaris.org>
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>     > >
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opensolaris.org>
>     > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
>     --
>     Mike Dotson
>
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Thankyou Lori, that''s fantastic.
 
 
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