[OpenIndiana-discuss] NVME bootable ?

[Bill Sommerfeld]

On 8/5/24 08:24, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
> is OI now bootable from a NVME device ? If so: In general, or does
> it still depend on specific controllers ?
> 
> Trying to get a flash array, but that has only NVME boot devices.
Unlike SATA & SAS, NVME storage usually plugs directly into PCIe lanes 
without a separate controller in the middle and so you don't have as 
many different drivers to contend with.

I recently built a new system (with an AMD EPYC 8004-series cpu in a 
Tyan S8040 motherboard) that boots from a pool on a pair of NVME devices 
installed into the motherboard's M.2 connectors.

Installing OI from a usb stick was straightforward.