System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Description of the GRUB Edit Menu

The following examples show the edit menu in the various GRUB implementations:

GRUB ZFS Support:


grub edit> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,prop=value [,prop=value...]][-asrvxk]
[-m smf-options] [-i altinit]

Note –

When adding boot arguments on a system with ZFS support, any additional -B options should be added after the default -B $ZFS-BOOTFS argument.


GRUB hypervisor Support:


grub edit> module$ /platform/i86xpv/$ISADIR/unix /platform/i86xpv/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,\
prop=value [,prop=value...]][-asrvxk] [-m smf-options] [-i altinit]

GRUB UFS Support:


grub edit> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix [-asrvxk]
            [-m smf-options] [-i altinit][-B prop=value [,prop=value...]]