Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:09:12 +0200 From: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> To: Tim Gustafson <tjg@soe.ucsc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer Message-ID: <4A77DE98.5000707@mapper.nl> In-Reply-To: <1323617427.513901249318108621.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> References: <1323617427.513901249318108621.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Tim Gustafson wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a plan or time line in place to support ZFS boot partitions in the installer. I Googled around a bit and found some how-to documents for setting it up in a hacky kind of way, but the impression I got is that support for ZFS partitions is coming to the installer in perhaps 7.3 or 8.0, and I wanted to confirm or dispel that myth before I go forward using the hacky method. > > Thanks! > > Tim Gustafson > Baskin School of Engineering > UC Santa Cruz > tjg@soe.ucsc.edu > 831-459-5354 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello, I don't know about the "installer" but I believe the bootloader in 8.0 will (allready does) support booting from zfs. See links below for 8.0: http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ for 7.x: http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot I'd go for 8.0 if you whish to use an all zfs system. You might want to wait for the release version if you are affraid of the "hacking" method. Or you could try it in a Virtual Machine. Greetz, Mark [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp33pwACgkQN9xNqOOVnWAkGACfZh21CbqqJ0TEunhtjy3hOsp3 lAkAn3W98h7aDnimQQV+ChykEB6ILFWR =jRu0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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