Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Obstacle to GPT label boot?

IIRC the DE would fail to start on UEFI boot and the display would just show a blinking cursor. This is how I got OI installed and booting (albeit booting in legacy mode.) On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 3:38 PM Toomas Soome wrote: > >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Obstacle to GPT label boot?

> On 19. Mar 2021, at 21:06, Judah Richardson wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 1:14 PM Toomas Soome > wrote: > > >> On 19. Mar 2021, at 16:21, Judah Richardson > > wrote: >> >> Thanks Toomas. A few questions about that: >>

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Obstacle to GPT label boot?

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 1:14 PM Toomas Soome wrote: > > > On 19. Mar 2021, at 16:21, Judah Richardson > wrote: > > Thanks Toomas. A few questions about that: > >1. Which OI version was originally installed? That would help me >pinpoint where OI UEFI support landed > > > That is tricky:D

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Obstacle to GPT label boot?

> On 19. Mar 2021, at 16:21, Judah Richardson wrote: > > Thanks Toomas. A few questions about that: > Which OI version was originally installed? That would help me pinpoint where > OI UEFI support landed That is tricky:D because it was installed before I wrote UEFI support for illumos:D

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Obstacle to GPT label boot?

Thanks Toomas. A few questions about that: 1. Which OI version was originally installed? That would help me pinpoint where OI UEFI support landed 2. What hardware is this on? If it's a prebuilt PC brand and model name would be great. If you built the PC yourself, I'd appreciate the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Obstacle to GPT label boot?

> On 19. Mar 2021, at 02:31, Reginald Beardsley via oi-dev > wrote: > > Would someone please direct me to an explanation of why we can't boot from > disk >2 TB in 2021? root@beastie:/code/illumos-gate# format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c3t0d0