Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:39:01 -0400 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Disappearing files in FreeBSD 13.0-R2 Message-ID: <CAFuo_fzQtjREROkDOCyhngNXAvRVsKa7ahpvKy8U7E=9-%2B65zQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2aa28118-d7ef-c601-6154-6d5cc237993f@holgerdanske.com> References: <CAFuo_fzQFbap5T9S3OBV-f18FM=UxFXX3YWF5rOq-zP%2B-cuAYQ@mail.gmail.com> <e22f9728-de71-5990-795a-81fd9d91f832@holgerdanske.com> <CAFuo_fz1Mgb7nJ_BewG_2PPuPUQqnWJ7YhebZmLcuLch-00YaA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFuo_fzRtrpkXkrBfPCj5byWNKCtjLKw6sE43puOm2vE%2Bryn_Q@mail.gmail.com> <dd9b9d46-7334-b4a6-9db4-2f4504c89436@holgerdanske.com> <CAFuo_fxBs7AGkT9aaCiQ_pWKuUZEv=2NQXBNfTf_%2Bz6xACzD2Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAOyJeZQRFg7XJX9rdy4ZWdT7UXaYt7TwW5%2BNVtmVEun71w377A@mail.gmail.com> <CAFuo_fwuoZrU1N_GV4SS84BGVHPNxBVTuQU3ZgfvF34_Xy_8gg@mail.gmail.com> <2aa28118-d7ef-c601-6154-6d5cc237993f@holgerdanske.com>
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 5:12 PM David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > On 3/15/21 1:28 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 2:12 PM Shamim Shahriar > > <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, 15:35 Waitman Gobble, <gobble.wa@gmail.com> wrote > >>> > >>> > >>> So in summary, for some reason there was a /home directory. and if you > >>> create a pool named "home" it does magic stuff like it knows it's > >>> supposed to be home i guess. If /home is a directory then it acts > >>> crazy. Deleting /home makes it sane again. > >>> > >> > >> It is not magic. Any newly created pool, unless otherwise instructed, mounts the initial dataset to /<poolName> > >> > >> So, zpool create xyz creates /xyz and mounts the initial dataset there. > >> > >> Hope that helps. > > > > > > I agree, it's not magic. Somehow I messed something up and it is > > fixed. It seemed to be behaving strangely. > > > I'm glad it worked out. :-) > > > The Oracle online ZFS documents are good, but you have to bear in mind > that Solaris and ZFS are not FreeBSD and OpenZFS: > > https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/pdf/E37384.pdf > > https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E29007/docinfo.html#scrolltoc > > > Michael W. Lucas writes really good books. I have many of his titles, > including: > > https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#af3e > > https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmzfs > > https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#fmaz > > > David > _______________________________________________ Thanks. I know I bought the Absolute FreeBSD but maybe a previous edition, it's been some years. Looks like there is a ZFS specific book I should get. -- Waitman Gobble
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