On 28 September 2013 19:49, Darren Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > Lionel Cons wrote: >> >> On 10 September 2013 19:23, Keith Wesolowski >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 06:42:42PM +0200, Lionel Cons wrote: >>> >>> [moving to discuss, since this is not relevant] >> >> >> I'd disagree since the project has long term implications for the >> developers, but oh well... >> >>>> - Booting from NFSv4 is extremely painful, you're always forced to use >>>> a miniroot (this wasn't a problem with Solaris < 10). And the miniroot >>>> concept comes with major logistical obstacles >>> >>> You have the source code, right? >> >> >> Yes, but there are little people left who understand NFS boot in >> Solaris/Illumos. And personally I got the feeling that any practical >> way to boot Illumos using a NFS root has been removed long ago. >> Resurrecting it is very hard (at least for me). > > > That's a pity because my observations are that it is often much > easier to bring up a port of an operating system on a new platform > using NFS root than it is using disk. Not to mention safer.
I'd agree, and its easier to debug, too. That's one of the reasons why I have some violent opposition to the concept of the boot archive here. Do you have any idea what changed code-wise which made booting from a NFS root impossible? What was the last Solaris release which supported NFS roots, and is there an exact description how to setup a NFS root *without* the diskless client scripts for Solaris (I don't have access to such scripts, or at least don't know where they can be found on a Solaris 10 DVD)? Lionel ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
