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Subject: Re: boot from ZFS: which pool types use?
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According to Andriy Gapon on Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 03:35:37PM +0300:
> Setting bootfs should not be required.  If your root filesystem is your root
> dataset (like "tank"), then everything should have just worked.

Except that it is a better idea to have a dataset separated from the root of the pool in order to be able to switch from one to another when upgrading, right?

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