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On 06/19/2012 11:31 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> 
> IMHO a more elegant solution would be similar to what
> (open)solaris/indiana does: make the boot parts (bootloader,
> configuration) as a separate area, separate from root snapshots. In
> solaris case IIRC this is will br /rpool/grub.
> 

It is both more and less elegant; it means you don't get the same kind
of atomic update for the bootloader itself.

	-hpa

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