Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:42:50 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compiling on nfs directories Message-ID: <5493040A.6040209@pinyon.org> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2j8_FzT-D5=Sk8_0UajNnHj5Gn0c4q%2Bvt_WR8AMRmMHg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1480362493.14973677.1418857654052.JavaMail.root@uoguelph.ca> <54922412.6090903@pinyon.org> <54922E49.4050906@egr.msu.edu> <549233E2.7050009@pinyon.org> <CAOtMX2gG4CA%2BFhDPcDb7b7vko6e_0mdjnXz7UBFF85TT2tWunw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK2j8_FzT-D5=Sk8_0UajNnHj5Gn0c4q%2Bvt_WR8AMRmMHg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/18/14 08:37, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Russell L. Carter <rcarter@pinyon.org> >> wrote: >>> On 12/17/14 18:30, Adam McDougall wrote: >>>> >>>> On 12/17/2014 19:47, Russell L. Carter wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/17/14 16:07, Rick Macklem wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>> If this is using an exported ZFS volume, it would be nice if you >>>>>> could do the same test using an exported UFS file system, to see if >>>>>> this is ZFS related. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is indeed using exported ZFS filesystems, but unfortunately I have >>>>> no USF filesystems available to test. >>>>> >>>>> Russell >>>> >>>> >>>> Can you create a zvol, newfs it with ufs and export it? >>> >>> >>> Maybe. I would love to help if I can, w/o disrupting my existing >>> carefully planned physical disk layouts. I'm a zfs novice here, do I >>> need free space unallocated to existing zpools, or can I shrink an >>> existing pool? (assuming that zfs can transmute lead into gold, with >>> the right incantations). I have plenty of "free" space allocated to >>> existing pools that span my physical drives. >>> >>> If I have to add a physical drive (that's possible, but it will be a >>> slow drive sitting on my shelf) then I need to wait until I get back >>> from holiday travels. >> >> >> You don't need to screw with your pools at all. A zvol is like a >> managed like a ZFS filesystem, except it's a block device. You can >> create one and mount it with a command like this: >> zfs create -V 8g mypool/myvol >> newfs [options] /dev/mypool/myvol >> mount /dev/mypool/myvol /mnt > > > Using a flash drive or temporary drive seems like a much more comprehensive > test as you can fully eliminate ZFS from the picture. Which is the point > of the exercise. > Ok, good suggestions, noted, and thanks! Unfortunately I'm going to have to pick this up when I get back. Russell
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