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Subject: Re: ZFS boot pool selection
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I thought the bootfs variable told the bootcode where to get the kernel,
and loader environment from. Unless otherwise stated in the
loader.conf/fstab, this would also be where the kernel mounted the rootfs
from. A subtle but important difference.


On 6 June 2014 10:26, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:11 AM, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> wrote:
> > Should vfs.root.mountfrom and bootfs be removed from the latest ZFS
> howto instructions?
>
> Definitely not either. I use manageBE (another beadm-a-like tool) to
> manage my root pool, the bootfs property is what determines which root
> is used, and vfs.root.mountfrom is what I would put in the loader to
> boot from a different one.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
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