[OpenIndiana-discuss] Dual boot with Linux

[Gary Driggs]

Solaris2 is the partition type but if it's formatted with ZFS then you'll need to use the ZFS FUSE packages to mount it from Linux. But booting from the IO ISO would work just as well. I wouldn't worry about the PROBER setting if you can get all the right entries manually.


On Sep 30, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Ashutosh Narayan wrote:

> Hi Gary,
> 
> Thanks for your inputs. I went through /etc/grub.d/40_custom file ;
> so I think if I add Open Indiana's grub entries here I should be able to see
> them in grub menu and as well boot to O-I build 148 that I have installed ?
> 
> Second, I could not find "GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER= " parameter
> under /etc/default/grub , do you want me to manually add it there ?
> 
> Third how can I mount a Solaris2 partition on Linux ?
> Reason, I want to see the menu.lst entries of O-I.
> I can't boot to O-I because I re-installed grub after installing O-I.
> Other way could be I should boot off O-I live cd and then mount
> Solaris2 partition to note down those entries.
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Gary Driggs <gdriggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I forgot that Mint is based on Ubuntu so therefore you're dealing with Grub
>> 2. Have a look for /etc/grub.d/40_custom. Alternately, edit
>> /etc/default/grub and set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false (or comment it out if
>> set to true). I don't know how well Grub 2 plays with Solaris2 partitions
>> but others on the list may have additional feedback. Meanwhile, Ubuntu have
>> their own thorough writeup on Grub 2 should you get lost in the weeds:
>> http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>> 
>> -Gary
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