Naming Conventions That Are Used by the findroot Command

Starting with the Solaris 10 10/08 release, the findroot command replaces the root command that was previously used by GRUB. The findroot command provides enhanced capabilities for discovering a targeted disk, regardless of the boot device. The findroot command also supports booting from a ZFS root file system This command replaces the root command that was formerly used by GRUB.

The following is a description of the device naming convention that is used by the findroot command for various GRUB implementations:

• Solaris Live Upgrade:

  findroot (BE_x,0,a)

  The x variable is the name of the boot environment.

• Standard system upgrades and new installations for systems with ZFS support:

  findroot(pool_p,0,a)

  The p variable is the name of the root pool.

• Standard system upgrades and new installations for systems with UFS support:

  findroot (rootfsN,0,a)

  The N variable is an integer number that starts at 0.