14:42:20 <xmerlin> danmcd_, I'm trying to overlay /etc/system on a bootable pool, on the USB stick mounted at /mnt/. Normally, I place the files in /mnt/bootfs/etc and loader.conf.local in /mnt/boot. I saw that you made a post where you mentioned that on bootable volumes we can place files in /zones/boot/custom to make sure the changes are applied to all releases... can you confirm this? ...because it doesn't seem to be working for me.
15:05:03 <danmcd_> That works for "future installed boot images".  From the piadm(8) man page:
15:05:18 <danmcd_> "Loader config files can also be placed in ${BOOTFS}/custom, and will be used by all subsequently installed boot images, but not existing ones."
15:05:57 <danmcd> So I'd recommend:
15:06:03 <danmcd> - Set up $BOOTFS/custom
15:06:34 <danmcd> - Install the next SmartOS update (which is built, but not officially blessed-as-released yet, but will be by tomorrow)
15:06:39 <danmcd> - Boot the next SmartOS update
15:07:00 <danmcd> That needs to be done in-order, per the man page's "subsequently installed boot images".
15:08:41 <xmerlin> Therefore, the paths will be /zones/boot/custom/loader.conf.local and /zones/boot/custom/etc/system ...correct?
15:18:48 <danmcd> Depends on what you put in there.  It works like it did on the usb key.  Here's examples I have for ppt:
15:20:00 <danmcd> (gist link coming soon...)
15:21:07 <danmcd> https://gist.github.com/danmcd/c916ba8ccef8cdc462b8c561d3fabb81
15:22:02 <danmcd> If you really need an old PI, you can hand-hack the $BOOTFS's `boot-XXXXX` directories.
15:22:57 <danmcd> And it's not a function of the PI, it's a function of the boot-XXXX directories.  This is why we encourage updates from ISO.  (We need to at some point allow piadm(8) to take a boot-XXXX.tgz + platform-XXXX.tgz to shrink things.)
18:52:05 <xmerlin> danmcd, I need to change the maximum arc usage and passthrough
19:22:39 <danmcd> So the sample gist above will need you to uncomment some lines for /etc/system, and optionally the path if you don't wanna put them in $BOOTFS/system like I did.
19:23:17 <danmcd> s/optionally the path/optionally change the path in the custom\/. file/g
23:02:06 <xmerlin> danmcd, solved ...a simple page in wiki will be appreciated
23:02:09 <xmerlin> thank you