Re: [zfs-discuss] Current status of a ZFS root

2006-10-28 Thread Dick Davies
On 27/10/06, Christopher Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can manually set up a ZFS root environment but it requires a UFS partition to boot off of. See: http://blogs.sun.com/tabriz/entry/are_you_ready_to_rumble There's a slightly improved procedure at http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/20

Re: [zfs-discuss] Current status of a ZFS root

2006-10-28 Thread Mike Gerdts
On 10/28/06, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/06/zfs-root-on-solaris-part-2.html It uses a /grub partition rather than a full root FS to boot from - you still need a UFS / for the initial install, but after the first boot into ZFS you can reformat tha

Re: [zfs-discuss] Current status of a ZFS root

2006-10-28 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 08:19:24AM -0500, Mike Gerdts wrote: > On 10/28/06, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/06/zfs-root-on-solaris-part-2.html > > > >It uses a /grub partition rather than a full root FS to boot from - you > >still need a UFS / for th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Current status of a ZFS root

2006-10-28 Thread Jeff Victor
Brian Hechinger wrote: On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 08:19:24AM -0500, Mike Gerdts wrote: On 10/28/06, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/06/zfs-root-on-solaris-part-2.html It uses a /grub partition rather than a full root FS to boot from - you still need

Re: [zfs-discuss] Current status of a ZFS root

2006-10-28 Thread Dick Davies
On 28/10/06, Mike Gerdts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/28/06, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/06/zfs-root-on-solaris-part-2.html The original question was about using ZFS root on a T1000. /grub looks suspiciously incompatible with the T1000 b