Follow the documentation and use s0. Wherever the bootblock will end up is up to Solaris.
Hi jlliagre,
I am not sure what the difference, but over in this link below, it seems like the pboot, and bootblk is store on s2 (which is think emcompass s8) as well.
There's probably some confusion generated because there's more than one possible boot loader. You can use Sun (Oracle) own boot block(s) or use Grub. There are also other possibilities utilising the system BIOS if the hardware supports EFI.
The documentation links provided above are for different boot loaders; one uses 'installboot' and the other 'installgrub'.
Basically, follow the documentation for whichever boot loader you want to use. As already implied by Jlliagre, these commands aren't stupid and will place the bootblock(s) where they're needed. It's not a dangerous process.
Last edited by hicksd8; 10-22-2015 at 06:42 AM..
Reason: Correct typo: EPI should have been EFI
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