Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:56:39 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, freebsd-zfs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] zfs root pool mounting Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ5AMDLEa2e9PqaYjbqOg-BzRU4_W3eagEqKXyr9zsvBEA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wRV0nTaka%2BW34BMHV90Lu9UdMOyKzQCZ%2B8kgV_mgESG8Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <50B6598B.20200@FreeBSD.org> <CAGH67wRGfO6KMe8u54FHRkpv=bBXNxPwtm79edZAM4nUUsS=QA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGH67wSz0Lycp7%2BF-v=p-XrOLCFSGM6xzEySr6rRsxwqwdBjxw@mail.gmail.com> <50C9BA19.4040504@FreeBSD.org> <CAGH67wRV0nTaka%2BW34BMHV90Lu9UdMOyKzQCZ%2B8kgV_mgESG8Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: > > ... > > > One thing that I recommend to all ZFS users is to make use of boot > environments. > > They are very easy, very convenient and may save a lot of trouble. > > Use either any of the tool available in ports (e.g. sysutils/beadm) or > just "do > > boot environments" in an ad hoc fashion: snapshot and clone your current > / known > > good boot+root filesystem and you have a safe environment to fall back > to. > > Looks interesting (this page has a slightly more in-depth description > of what beadm tries to achieve for the layman like me that doesn't use > *Solaris: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/*bsd-17/howto-zfs-madness-beadm-on-freebsd-4175412036/ > ). > > You could at least point to the FreeBSD Forums version of that post. :) https://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=31662 -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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