From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 4 07:24:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1726F106566B for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:24:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stark@mapper.nl) Received: from smtp-out2.tiscali.nl (smtp-out2.tiscali.nl [195.241.79.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A26E98FC08 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:24:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stark@mapper.nl) Received: from [82.170.17.27] (helo=mapper.nl) by smtp-out2.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1MYE9F-0006Gy-CL; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:09:42 +0200 Received: from bowser ([192.168.0.1] helo=[0.0.0.0]) by mapper.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MYE96-000ElI-N4; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:09:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4A77DE98.5000707@mapper.nl> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:09:12 +0200 From: Mark Stapper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Gustafson References: <1323617427.513901249318108621.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> In-Reply-To: <1323617427.513901249318108621.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF1249CADFCBBEAC8D7E097AE" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:24:01 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF1249CADFCBBEAC8D7E097AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tim Gustafson wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a plan or time line in place to support ZF= S boot partitions in the installer. I Googled around a bit and found som= e how-to documents for setting it up in a hacky kind of way, but the impr= ession I got is that support for ZFS partitions is coming to the installe= r in perhaps 7.3 or 8.0, and I wanted to confirm or dispel that myth befo= re 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= =2Eorg" > =20 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_syst= em/ 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 --------------enigF1249CADFCBBEAC8D7E097AE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----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----- --------------enigF1249CADFCBBEAC8D7E097AE--