[OpenIndiana-discuss] Faking an empty boot environment?

[Hans J Albertsson]

Links? I tried but couldn't find any (??) that were about creating an empty
boot environment manually and populating it with something from a live CD
or from a particular entire incorporation.

Hans J. Albertsson
>From my Nexus 5

Den 3 okt. 2016 18:29 skrev "Jim Klimov" <jimklimov at cos.ru>:

> 3 октября 2016 г. 16:00:31 CEST, Hans J Albertsson <
> hans.j.albertsson at gmail.com> пишет:
> >Lucreate in solaris 9 had the ability to create än emty BE where you
> >could
> >then install  a flash archive of a different version of the same
> >general os
> >variety.
> >This was most useful for getting to a more recent version of an old os
> >that
> >for some complex reason failed to upgrade.
> >
> >I suppose you could just create a new file system under /rpool and then
> >zfs
> >send/recv the version you want into that and make that file system
> >bootable. And if you do all that from a live install image it should be
> >manageable w/o too much work.
> >
> >What say you, could it be done?
> >
> >I am a bit weak in "manually making a file system bootable" so if you
> >could
> >say something about that I'd be most grateful.
> >
> >I have a situation where I'd like to put hipster in a new boot
> >environment
> >in a machine that runs oi 151a7 with major sw issues that prevent any
> >and
> >all attempts at upgrading.
> >
> >And it needs to stay up...
> >
> >Hans J. Albertsson
> >From my Nexus 5
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> Yes, it is a sound plan, see my articles on Advanced installation on the
> OI and/or illumos wikis.
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