GRUB Support for findroot Command

The findroot command, which functions similarly to the root command previously used by GRUB, has enhanced capabilities for discovering a targeted disk, regardless of the boot device. The findroot command also supports booting from an Oracle Solaris ZFS root file system.

The most common format for the menu.lst entry for this command is as follows:

findroot (rootfs0,0,a)
kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive

In some Oracle Solaris release, the entry is as follows:

title Solaris 10 10/08 s10x_u6wos_03 X86
findroot (pool_rpool,0,a)
kernel$  /platform/i86pc/multiboot  -B $ZFS-BOOTFS
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive

title Solaris failsafe
findroot (pool_rpool,0,a)
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -s    -B console=ttyb
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safe

For more information, see x86: Implementation of the findroot Command.

For GRUB reference information, see Chapter 15, x86: GRUB Based Booting (Reference).