From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 2 15:25:22 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41ADABAC8E4 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michaelsprivate@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x22d.google.com (mail-yw0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07FE41FB1 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:25:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michaelsprivate@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id r9so201204443ywg.0 for ; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:25:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Z4aQDbea9zm44he6wKKwvaoOi6r9xu0Fa4YbY0mV4I0=; b=PHsTTXBXFjZOsoinlTWZtRDvqLF/qKSJ1QKCr4wa4PkrNDL0baKcycqYikr+ZcnnYP o4N4zjTQXwYDQfOJIrFmUWab01USmLqhnH3pbUBuxzHW9SRFKkyFh1Y0Nh05CMVLlWmk Z5R7MU74/XGKpYtxDqmYT3gniHXuBmrabA7hV+UNut/EfkAcaAMsPOM0SFj5xjZAs+fB xLgCRA+fZyapoMSOBTNCYreShxk15tDa2m4JpRgGE1Lm/teMsunHJtz+arRchnt7zANX 6vvPpb8d2/9tH+Z2lyIG8ByeVl3JWL3KF10MxK/rNh+Yr9D+sW8ywm/jDNoQczw99BOe G+aA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Z4aQDbea9zm44he6wKKwvaoOi6r9xu0Fa4YbY0mV4I0=; b=cU97yR9B28fOseyt7XbLUtxH8tmwB5BvQStTTVsHrf5vd2XVDdFn1dAoSug2LGFMyO LNpI5dNrA1gZezjy5nc0S2/Y6NKAchn5as89BlG9fESg96YgsMQPZBGRqGqpY6/UAD1X MaNPvLuizraqzpVrkgyvDluvH0ZioO2byjB3I3u9YVZw6StPNB/NVdMVTu3ALbptfitr xE2THFn2kuvFMmib+MyhaLIDk1NiFws0QRTaz/POS4fCYalfMqsnNZ+EAh6bJqfEEQGs lE61scrl78X78ok524vhxauxO5MwTGExMMHVYbaACC0EVd9kphSxwV21fQ/FIS2AZb27 JIrw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouuJDAEePXLGMtBl9p8ea552p6hHkEfyfoJHsEvVxQJd2y6CKIZOFa/H+q/H/XHfQmYnqfD8D9+5LQWgxg== X-Received: by 10.13.212.139 with SMTP id w133mr51268212ywd.49.1470151521344; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:25:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.91.86 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 08:25:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Michael Schuster Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 17:25:00 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Root on ZFS, FreeBSD and Linux back and forth To: Rares Vernica Cc: freeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:25:22 -0000 I think it'd be interesting to know what you're planning to achieve with this process. regards Michael On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Rares Vernica wrote: > Hello, > > I have two hard drives. One has root-on-ZFS created by FreeBSD (on > installation) and one with Linux. I wonder if it is safe and reliable to > use the root-on-ZFS disk back and forth between FreeBSD and Linux. On Linux > I plan to use ZFS-on-Linux. Both FreeBSD and ZFS-on-Linux seem to use > version 5000. > > To import the zpool in Linux, it seems it needs to be forced. FreeBSD does > not export it on shutdown and I am not sure how or if I should do it. > > How would FreeBSD deal with the zpool if it notices that Linux imported it? > Will FreeBSD force the import on boot? Do I have to take special > precautions for FreeBSD to import the ZFS disk and boot from it once Linux > has touched it? > > Also, is ZFS-on-Linux trustworthy enough not to mess up the disk? > > Thanks! > Rares > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ recursion, n: see 'recursion'