[geeks] Solaris and fault management

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> Bootable ZFS would rock.
>
> My understanding is that at least on Sparc gear this would require a
> prom update so it could see the kernel in the new FS.

I can't imagine why.  It can't boot off ufs without a ufs boot block.
Unless ZFS is really poorly-designed, I'd expect it to have a boot-block
area, as well.

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