Vic Engle wrote: > If I export a file from the control domain to a guest for use as a boot disk > is it possible to lofi mount that file in the control domain when the guest > is shutdown? I'm thinking about cases where a config change in the guest > prevents booting; the sort of thing you would traditionally boot from CD to > correct. >
By default, no - but it is possible. If a disk image (file) is installed so that the root partition starts on cylinder 0 then you can use lofi and mount the file. However the Solaris installer puts swap on cylinder 0 by default. There is a long standing bug logged against lofi to enhance it to allow multiple slices be mounted or slices at a non-zero offset. 4765069 RFE: lofiadm should be VTOC aware > Also, can the exported file be copied and used to boot another guest? Yes, once the guest using the file is stopped and unbound. -- Liam
