[OmniOS-discuss] Can't bring up r151020

[Volker A. Brandt]

Hi Gary!


> I'm also open to picking up a new machine like the HP Gen8.  I'm using 
> this as a (very) small SOHO server to do email, web, and file services.  
> The current machine is a 1U unit which has a motherboard similar to the 
> SunFire v20, 4 disks: 2 mirrored 5TB(archive), 2 mirrored ~300GB drives 
> (rpool), and 8 GB of RAM which works well for my purpose.

I can confirm that OmniOS works fine on the HP G8.  The only gotcha is
that if you want to use the HBA in non-RAID mode (which you do :-) AND
you want to install an SSD in place of the DVD, then you will not be
able to boot off said SSD.  This is a stupid design limitation.

I am working on a fix but am not finished yet.  I expect to have 
something in early December.  Basically, you need to install an SD
card and chainload the "real" OS from there.


Regards -- Volker
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