Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool upgrade wrecked GRUB

2008-08-04 Thread sanjay nadkarni (Laptop)
Luca Morettoni reported a similar behavior (i.e. a perfectly running system that drops into grub on reboot) on indiana-discuss. I wonder if the issue is that installgrub is updating the MBR on one disk. If the second disk does not have an updated grub menu, that would explain what you are see

Re: [zfs-discuss] Booting from a USB HD

2008-08-01 Thread sanjay nadkarni (Laptop)
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > I installed OS 2008.05 onto a USB HD (WD Passport), and was able to boot from > it (knock on wood!). > > However, when plugged into a different machine, I then am unable to boot from > it. > > Is there any permission issue that I must address on this ZFS HD before I can >

Re: [zfs-discuss] [caiman-discuss] swap & dump on ZFS volume

2008-07-02 Thread sanjay nadkarni (Laptop)
Mike Gerdts wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:08 AM, David Magda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Quite often swap and dump are the same device, at least in the >> installs that I've worked with, and I think the default for Solaris >> is that if dump is not explicitly specified it defaults to sw