[oi-dev] [developer] HEADS UP: illumos supports booting from EFI-labeled disks now, including large disks and whole-disk vdevs

[Andrew M. Hettinger]

Intel S5520UR Mainboard
2x Xeon X5650 CPU
48G Ram
LSI-9211-8i (IT firmware)
2x Seagate ST3743455SS HDs
USB DVD-ROM

Install seemed to work well. Was able to mirror rpool.

/boot/solaris/bin/update_grub doesn't pick up the second disk properly, so
if we expect that script to work it needs fixed.
installgrub worked just fine though, and I was able to boot off either
disk.

I only checked whole-root, with a mirrored array (mirrored after
installation) though. If you have anything else you need tested for this
just say so.

While still a little rough around the edges, this makes working with a
mirrored rpool much nicer. I look forward to seeing it's final version.

Andrew Hettinger
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Alexander Pyhalov <alp at rsu.ru> wrote on 03/04/2015 04:10:49 AM:

>
> On 03/04/2015 02:25, Andrew M. Hettinger wrote:
> > I will try to do some testing on this this week or next.
> >
> > This is actually kind of a big deal for me. EFI disks make replacing
boot
> > disks a much simpler procedure.
> >
> > Thanks for these, guys!
>
> If you want to test current ISO (as I mentioned, it's still experimental
> and if something except whole-root install is working, it's pure luck),
> you can get one here -
> http://buildzone.oi-build.r61.net/EFI-test/oi-text-2015-03-04.iso
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Alexander Pyhalov,
> system administrator of Southern Federal University IT department
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