Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:10:24 +1100 From: "Peter J. Cherny" <peterc@luddite.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Apropos Removal of sysinstall Message-ID: <4EFC1260.1060503@luddite.com.au>
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Rather than hijack the previous thread, it's probably time to make a few comments on the current and future installation and use of ZFS FreeBSD. I've used both Solaris and FreeBSD since nearly day one for both OSs, so have a deal of familiarity in their use. I believe removal of sysinstall exposes the community's blindness to a major parts of it's future, ZFS root. Other than following arcane recipes, the only way to create a system with ZFS root is by using Martin Matuška's excellent mfsboot images. Where are the plans for making this functionality mainstream ? I believe that unless FreeBSD gets it's act together, Debian/dpkg/zfsonlinux is starting to look like a much more supportable environment (i.e. has a future) Sadly the lack of xen already often forces me to run FreeBSD VMs under Debian. Flames happily accepted if this helps codify FreeBSD's future, but I fear it will go the way of Solaris and be irrelevant to those of us who for decades have used both in the server space. pjc
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