If one wishes to boot off a ZFS pool, one can use the Triton ISO installer to
boot once off of DVD-ROM, and on subsequent boots, boot off of a bootable
zones ZFS pool.
The ISO installer can be used in a virtual machine environment, in lieu of CoaL, as well. Be sure to download the ISO image and follow the main README.
The ISO installer requires more disk space than a USB-key Triton deployment, but is otherwise the same.
- Intel Processors with VT-x and EPT support (all Xeon since Nehalem), or AMD Processors no earlier than EPYC or Zen.
- 16 GB RAM
- 60 GB available storage
See the main README's Physical Server section for more details
See Booting the Head Node from a ZFS Pool for details about how to properly set up a ZFS pool that is bootable.
It is important that the Triton ISO installer is only booted once. Part of the Triton installation process is to reboot a second time, which in the case of the ISO installer must be to the boot disks. The best way to configure this is to have hard drives first in the boot order, followed by the DVD drive later in the boot order. On a fresh installation, it will boot the installer ISO, but subsequent reboots will boot from the disk.