Solaris booting from ZFS, explained by Lori Alt
Thursday Jan 15, 2009
Lori Alt, project lead for the ZFS boot project, explains in this video how booting Solaris from ZFS works.
The first 5 minutes covers the main feaures of ZFS. At about 05:45, Lori starts describing the Solaris boot process (SPARC and x86) and the special considerationg when using ZFS for booting, including some remarks on grub. A great primer if you want to know what happens when Solaris is booting. The video is also available in m4v format for viewing on an iPod, for example.










