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OpenSolaris Boot Support For ZFS Root FS on x86 and SPARC

Posted by timothy on from the devilish-wings-spread-wider dept.

Derkjan de Haan writes "I am glad to see progress is being made on the the ability of OpenSolaris to boot from a ZFS filesystem: 'This putback provides the ability to boot the Solaris Operating System from a ZFS root file system on both x86 and SPARC platforms. Full ZFS boot and install support will be available in a subsequent build. Because of the phased putback, we recommend waiting for the full boot and install support rather than attempting to use the ZFS boot features separately.'"

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  1. Re:Am I missing something? by ozamosi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't understand your problem. It is not about Linux, but one of those Linux clones. BSD, Solaris, that's just marketing anyway...

    ...right?

  2. Re:Am I missing something? by JamesTRexx · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope you've got asbestos underwear, calling BSD and Solaris Linux clones. :-)

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  3. Re:WTF is putback ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do they call a quarter pounder at Sun? A burgerpoundquarter?

    Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it JBigMac.

  4. Re:Who cares about BSD... by cptnapalm · · Score: 1, Funny

    "It requires some rouge kernel hackers that dont care about licensing"

    Unfortunately, Linux kernel hackers are mostly license conscious. I also hear that they are mostly azure, like the Smurfs.

  5. Re:WTF is putback ? by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do they call a quarter pounder at Sun? Solaris with Cheese.
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