Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:39:01 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is it possible to install FreeBSD on a single MBR slice with ZFS Message-ID: <CALfReyf4kdmBu1-HrDgDbVkK=ZNB3Hnu_0-uPLNKFz=JD8zo%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB1200624BDD5D12283329B8A3F6040@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB1200624BDD5D12283329B8A3F6040@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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it works fine on a single slice. I would probably do a manual install to be safe, but thats just me, but then I was doing rootonzfs way before the installation program supported it. On 15 April 2017 at 10:55, Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I always use freebsd-ufs for my installations. But I am interested in > trying freebsd-zfs. My box has a single hard disk, an SSD with 4 MBR > slices. > > From what I could gather from the installer, it is not possible to use > freebsd-zfs for / for a single slice. It looks to me like ZFS needs the > whole disk. > > Am I wrong ? Is there any way I can get the installer to use ZFS for a > single slice. > > Thanks for any information > Manish Jain > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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