[OpenIndiana-discuss] sata hot plug problem (ahci?) + openindiana crash

[Richard Elling]

On May 23, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:

> 2012-05-24 3:50, Richard Elling wrote:
>>> As a side note, it is then possible to augment GRUB to be
>>> able to import and export an rpool and thus help IDE-SATA
>>> migrations?
>> 
>> Go for it.
> 
> Huh... wait a couple of years, please. I'm better with
> generating ideas, than with long-term commitments for
> polished code, you do know :(
> 
>> This is not a common operation and is expected to only be done once per
>> system,
>> sorta like changing BIOS settings.
> 
> One would guess so. But do you notice how often this comes
> up and people mostly opt to reinstall OpenIndiana instead
> of applying a trivial fix (which requires a bootable media
> like LiveCD - which could be replaced by GRUB or theoretical
> revival of failsafe-boot)...

Not very often. If you read Oracle's docs, they only recommend a reinstall.
 -- richard

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