Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:55:59 +0200 From: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> To: Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Everything (but /boot) on ZFS - trouble Message-ID: <F61C8B76-7A61-4A80-B571-2C5BAFD1B00F@exscape.org> In-Reply-To: <20070705194928.GA1339@nowhere> References: <21030091-F8DD-4787-9B36-6951381638A7@exscape.org> <20070705030402.GE1289@dan.emsphone.com> <D30C813D-6EE0-43B4-B7AE-D204B0D982BC@exscape.org> <20070705194928.GA1339@nowhere>
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On Jul 5, 2007, at 9:49 PM, Craig Boston wrote: > Where did you create the symlink? It should be in your ZFS root > partition, which the loader shouldn't know anything about. > >> Also, I don't know how to get my stuff over to ZFS - singleuser and >> cp -Rp? > > I tend to end up using > > tar -cf - . | tar -C /destination -xf - > > to preserve hard links (important so /rescue doesn't end up huge), but > others prefer cpio. Since your source is a UFS partition, dump/ > restore > may also be a good option. > > Hope this helps, > Craig > Thanks, it did help! It's working like a charm now. I'm not sure, but I think I missed putting the symlink on the ZFS root the first time around. /Thomas
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