From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 4 21:05:53 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 9C39C106566C for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:05:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kingedgar@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531128FC15 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:05:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kingedgar@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d14so2032256and.13 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:05:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=77vS75FSBymY+OXagM13QSk5J9Em0AYMQk/5G0PhGBE=; b=J7YaWD7uWPea4PyXLsHUgkS/QS8f5nHVCyr1XR1nFeniITp0tTdn/kFjXgdT6UEw1e UnuLycoaqD0JqT71a9oZORy6+zdNc0lN2WXFtYiXxOgyJZBSzyzZXkrvAqh/QoiRo872 Fdm2//yNxJ2VQ72qXJB6HQj+wljGwwuoELu1g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=OxKoi2+PTJ8N1k/PySLxxv5kEhiI3lJ11823AN08i94345YmIqieLzUBIngFzKpyht etEntJt4i5MpuyIQtVbvv2VvCP+yiQqxuAA1PqftmBIMXavReopNoo+kpf+IfnuirFzY TsC+xaHHsrd2HxdlKrgPZWme5vz/HpF22N/gw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.249.5 with SMTP id w5mr10588150anh.28.1249419952576; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:05:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1323617427.513901249318108621.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> References: <1323617427.513901249318108621.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:05:52 -0500 Message-ID: <970380130908041405x3064f4fet84205e078245f67d@mail.gmail.com> From: Jason Garrett To: Tim Gustafson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 21:05:53 -0000 On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:48, 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. I wouldn't recommend using zfs at all right now, unless you want random crashes and lots of missing data.. ESPECIALLY in 8.0,1,2 versions. Just my 2 cents... > > > 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" >