[zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot != ZFS Root

Lin Ling
Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:59:03 -0000

Jesse Hallio wrote:

>I''ve been trying to upgrade to snv66 and I''ve been using a
single disk ZFS pool (not the whole 8-disk pool, more about that in another
post). I installed snv66 in Parallels and ufsdumped the filesystem to the one
disk pool. The one disk pool also has a snv55b install that I can boot into.
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Do you mean you have an old mountroot zfs root running snv55b, and now
you are
trying to upgrade it to snv66?

If so, take a look at
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/boot/zfsboot-manual/mntroot-transition/

>(I''m not sure if the new ZFS boot''s single disk pools only
-limitation still applies at this point.)
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Yes, the limitation still applies: single disk or mirrored config, and
SMI label only.

Lin