[oi-dev] Netboot on OpenIndiana

Gordon Ross gordon.w.ross at gmail.com
Thu Sep 8 15:08:52 UTC 2016


Just to be clear, you're trying to netboot a mini-root image, right?
(like the CD/ISO image, Not booting onto an NFS mounted root)

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Alexander <alexander.r.eremin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Till,
> good start!
>
>> On 06 Sep 2016, at 20:14, Till Wegmüller <toasterson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> I would like to know what you think about the scripts. How could I improve them? What would you use them for? Does that need some change to the script(e.g additional commandline option)?
>>
>
> Some tips:
> Would be nice to add dynamic boot_archive size calculation (populate image stage fails for me with “no space left on device”).
> You probably would like to cleanup kernel and platform directories in boot_archive for  32-bit drivers (or add an option and produce separate 32 and 64 images if you like).
> SMF repository probably will not be happy and it will try to run some stuff which is not exist in boot_archive, so you will need to modify smf database and may be some scripts.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Alex
>
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