[indiana-discuss] Updating & Multiple Kernels on Indiana...

[Ian Murdock]

Tim Foster wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 11:09 +0100, Darren Kenny wrote:
>> Alternatively, with ZFS boot, we could make use of snapshots before an apt-get
>> update to the kernel area and make these available in GRUB's menu - this might
>> be even more lightweight...
>>
>> I think this is at least worth considering if we really want to encourage
>> developers to use this.
> 
> Yep, I agree - I've got this working with that zfs-bootadm.sh script[1]
> that I wrote a while back - basically allows you to clone your zfs-root
> environment, and manages entries in menu.lst to let you choose which one
> to boot.
> 
> It's *really* useful to be able to have multiple LiveUpgrade-like boot
> environments running on the same system.

Wonderful!

-ian
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