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Subject: RPI CM3+ - ZFS boot possible?
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Hi all,

can these modules boot from ZFS? I would probably be able to create a =
ZFS based setup
by installing the regular image, copying the entire root UFS to the swap =
area and booting
into that.

Memories ... that used to be how you created mirrored setups for =
commercial Unices
like e.g. Sinix/Pyramid. ;-)

=46rom that temporary system running in the ~ 2 GB swap partition I =
could create a
ZFS installation in the remaining ~ 27 GB of the onboard MMC storage.

But what - if at all - do I need to change in the EFI partition to make =
the system boot
from ZFS?

Kind regards, TIA,
Patrick=