You may be interested in PSARC 2009/670: "Read-Only Boot from ZFS Snapshot". Here's the description from: http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2009/670/20091208_joep.vesseur
> Allow for booting from a ZFS snapshot. The boot image will be read-only. > Early in boot a clone of the root is created and used to provide writable > storage for the system image during its lifetime. > Upon reboot, the system image will reset to the same previous state." This case is part of a larger "validated execution" effort. For more info: http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/6188-Upcoming-Security-PSARC-cases.html -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss