The root file system actually resides on a ram disk, which cannot be used for booting.
If I do not boot from USB or PXE, I like to put the boot files (kernel and boot_archive, plus a few GRUB files) onto my zones pool. I agree that one could use UFS, but that requires slicing/ partitioning the disk making things more complex than necessary. Using a whole-disk pool is much easier. > Am 12.04.2016 um 21:10 schrieb Richard Elling > <[email protected]>: > >> >> On Apr 12, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 4/12/16 9:13 , Dirk Steinberg wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> as far as I can see, the currently included version of GRUB >>> in SmartOS only supports legacy-booting. >> >> That is correct. >> >>> Does an EFI-enabled version of GRUB for SmartOS/Illumos exist >>> or is being worked on? >> >> Supporting EFI booting is something that's being worked on in the >> broader illumos community. >> >>> Maybe one could just rip a modern version of GRUB out of >>> a Linux distro and use that, as long as it includes ZFS support… >>> OTOH I seem to remember having read that GRUB2 cannot >>> boot Illumos, but I am not sure about that? > > SmartOS root filesystem is UFS, so ZFS boot support is not required of grub. > -- richard > >> >> I do not expect that to work, because we would still use BIOS based >> queries which would not be answered. >> >> Robert >> > > ------------------------------------------- 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
