Thank you. That should solve the problem. On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:06 PM Nahum Shalman <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://blog.shalman.org/overriding-driver-config-files-on-smartos/ > > > On 12/02/2015 05:01 PM, Jeff Goeke-Smith wrote: > > I'm attempting to figure out the least wrong way to go about adding custom > configuration to the /kernel/drv/sd.conf file on a SmartOS system. I'm not > seeing an obvious way. Why I'm attempting to do this follows. > > I've been handed hardware to prototype an SDC deploy upon. I've spent > most of a day attempting to figure out how to get SmartOS to start. I'm > using Dell R820 servers, with the PERC H310 raid controller with all the > drives set to pass through. > > Attempting to install SDC or SmartOS results in the symptoms of multiple > messages of "WARNING: Device <path> failed to power up", and creation of > the zones pool to fail, with the installer bombing out in a weird spot, > with little help to tell me what had happened. > > Researching that error message lead me to the thread at > http://marc.info/?l=zfs-discuss&m=133715468013989&w=2 which gave me > enough to figure out that if I add the following configuration to > /kernel/drv/sd.conf, and reload the sd driver, I get a functional system. > > sd-config-list= "SEAGATE ST9146853SS", "power-condition:false", <existing > entries>; > > This configuration line is sadly not generic and specifies the model of > drives I have to work with. > > Now obviously, I can't really do this kernel configuration change as a > service, because all of those would be on the zones pool, on the disks that > won't work before this configuration is applied. > > I'm not particularly familiar with what parameters I can pass at boot time > to the Illumos kernel. Taking the Joyent official images and doing a > repeatable small alteration to the boot parameters seems like a reasonable > path. I don't know if it's possible, or how. > > The other option I can come up with is doing a custom build of SmartOS, > and eventually SDC to incorporate the parameters I need. > > Are there any other options? > > Thank you. > > > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26602186-16f0fad3> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
