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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:20:53 -0700
From:      "Joseph Holsten" <joseph@josephholsten.com>
To:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RPI CM3+ - ZFS boot possible?
Message-ID:  <be5bb24f-3643-4bb5-8160-f9fab836abd5@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <121CB1C3-A721-425D-A961-C41BB876A643@hausen.com>
References:  <121CB1C3-A721-425D-A961-C41BB876A643@hausen.com>

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On Wed, Sep 20, 2023, at 11:18, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> can these modules boot from ZFS? I would probably be able to create a=20
> ZFS based setup
> by installing the regular image, copying the entire root UFS to the=20
> swap area and booting
> into that.
>
> Memories ... that used to be how you created mirrored setups for=20
> commercial Unices
> like e.g. Sinix/Pyramid. ;-)
>
> From that temporary system running in the ~ 2 GB swap partition I coul=
d 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 mak=
e=20
> the system boot
> from ZFS?

We=E2=80=99re punting on this over in the illumos-arm project, but if so=
meone has this working I=E2=80=99d love to know!



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