The boot process has been enhanced to enable booting from devices that are not directly accessible to OpenBoot and new OpenBoot properties have been added to support this. A new OpenBoot variable has also been added. This list gives an overview of the new properties and variable:
Lists device paths to OpenBoot accessible storage devices that comprise a boot pool. These are the devices that Oracle Solaris will use when booting. You can view this property by using the command show-props /chosen or the .properties command under the /chosen node at the OpenBoot prompt.
Lists storage devices that include fall back images. You can view this property by using the command show-props /chosen or the .properties command under the /chosen node at the OpenBoot prompt.
Defines devices and root file systems for root pools. This is a non-volatile variable that you can view using the printenv command at the OpenBoot prompt or using the eeprom command at the Oracle Solaris prompt.
See Boot Sequence in Oracle OpenBoot 4.x Administration Guide for more information about booting and boot properties.
See Boot Pools and Fallback Boot Images in Oracle OpenBoot 4.x Administration Guide for more information about these features.