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From: Renato Botelho <rbgarga@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:39:18 -0200
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Subject: Re: Apropos Removal of sysinstall
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Peter J. Cherny <peterc@luddite.com.au> wr=
ote:
> 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 ma=
jor
> 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 Matu=C5=
=A1ka's
> excellent mfsboot images.

IIRC, PCBSD installer can install a regular FreeBSD on ZFS.

--=20
Renato Botelho