> I suspect the problem with ZFS boot from USB sticks > is, > that the kernel does not create "devid" properties > for the > USB stick, and apparently those devids are now > required for > zfs booting. > > The kernel (sd driver) does not create "devid" > properties for USB flash > memory sticks, because most (all ?) of them nowadays > report > that they use removable media - which is a lie, I'm > not able to change the > media / flash roms in such a device. > > If you have a windows utility distributed with your > flash memory > stick that allows configuration of the removable > media attribute: > try to set it to "fixed media". For such an usb > storage device with > fixed media, the sd(7d) driver should create "devid" > properties, and > zfs booting works just fine for such an usb flash > memory stick.
What Widows utility you are talking about? I have used the Sandisk utility program to remove the U3 Launchpad (which creates a permanent hsfs partition in the flash disk), but it does not help the problem. Thanks. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
