Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:09:07 +0000 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ufs to zfs conversion in a freebsd guest Message-ID: <20190325010906.GA9597@desktop.local> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2h8TY9UA4RxJvZXVU0NLt9DMjKnLnBMfMScWAj_=fK%2B9A@mail.gmail.com> References: <20190324215638.GA1486@rpi3.zyxst.net> <CAOtMX2h8TY9UA4RxJvZXVU0NLt9DMjKnLnBMfMScWAj_=fK%2B9A@mail.gmail.com>
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--9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 04:16:32PM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: >Yes, but it's probably not worth the effort. Easier to spin up 2nd vm >and copy everything over. Here is what you'd have to do: Yeah the problem we have is that option is unavailable to us and we don't have access to the host.=20 >1) shrink the root filesystem with resizefs. >2) shrink it's partition with gpart.=C2 If it's not the last partition >on the disk, then you'll have to relocate the last (presumably swap) >partition. >3) create a new zfs partition. >4) create a new zfs pool. >5) create all of the various zfs datasets just like the installer >does. >6) copy over everything from / to the zfs partition except for /boot. >7) configure loader.conf to boot from zfs. >Assuming, that is, that >your VM system even runs the regular boot loader. and that's a big assumption >8) reboot and pray. >9) spin up a new VM anyway, since you inevitably screwed up >something. >Good luck. Yeah you're right. It's a lot of work that could go wrong at any stage. At least there's mksnap_ffs ;) thanks for clarifying --=20 J. --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAABCgB9FiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAlyYKihfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEYy N0RFRDVBMUM1NkQ3NTA5Q0JFRkY3RkIzQ0EzQjQyMTE3MzM0MDUACgkQs8o7QhFz NAWWOhAAojw5e8i+BgDResJ3Kc6zTsB4NE5ClMazV2qzMJzKH33E3uUomChQvXjM 6h1DLU0kk66FXa5s4tO9Cjgwqm+9Zf4XBTugjiTi710vN0/QB0/3DjUn7SBmolDJ R2FdkTNPzI70BoW2rNI4SeHEfo/OvNZzVtVudBe2gZXnY22W1v653z2R5UsAypWb NJqW2dYguuSXnDt1MCBh3JBDl2LnhW8Fzaj2/5ekvMAMcFoh9/B2uisJHhNWqLo/ whVMnmqAk4/524Ek13rtGRvaiMhRJGqgjqLVvbzpzfWczlkGOSBuIZgs0pS8Sv9r kNfRcKXclPN9DTxUFJmxnwroMaKESlXWnt/AHd5F8GvoNq7z8AV8OhRkcrCxEMQr NT52MFnkL6C3BVuU4m1gjBl8EHC4u53QgIsFX5qHyE7i2PYy09RJ0H7I3d6PDzm9 j5orqVUO9n07HKumkQx4k/IO6cNXdU61JPM7Xw9DTkffpKha8TPAWnovOY8MDBAN 1JVx2Qr1/UeGD6w9x+vbbIu3oM40/Fk2pQUq91d0s1+OOuqLHNYQT9ftrim71u2R KfVoH3dkJyNYUwUow4IEuOn5/FqUaNE6WajAi6bbJn1LY6gTQUySVqLW89pMdVgG t2VvMlktGIHuQvrjNpzvWNr3QMob2Q5zqPsGBYAmYYozermJuTo= =Kxyk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--
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