From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 00:52:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63EE3106566B for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 00:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EE88FC0C for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 00:52:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq7 with SMTP id hq7so2660250wib.13 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:52:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=5hNE96d142R2w6Mcfw8WctY9sD6uFqaLUy43lkNHUJ8=; b=C5SxXkIUg/o2OBdGb1wQGohGTKhkigtpWPQKLD/R26EBGiBJa8aPbUzIsi2gcGAMZg hcQ3DOZdEc+gWr0aM3UbWbl1r6zxA8zcgAmsQWJQovkgjziyDrtTpBmiJtqjmTgot6K3 l+YkNFbRTXB5vJzazqJZSwq+NBBxWy30fV0NiwzuR0/i3QWThWNT960XszSephkFCFk3 lVv23/urw2t2eH3IJuHZj0N18D7UUg+X4URIACGDNQSsvysu+ZNMYFtIW0dBSzPbiOIn F006QRD5cOY1g135vb0qfE/uCuz7WJauy5zN1upqDigDiaWB3Q5TXl1EiQGpvTcodA2Y eodA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.107.101 with SMTP id hb5mr917934wib.7.1335833533367; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:52:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.96.140 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:52:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F9F2C49.9040804@gmail.com> References: <4F9F2C49.9040804@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:52:13 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Edward M Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which filesytems zfs needs to function X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 00:52:15 -0000 On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Edward M wrote: > Hi, > > I was running FreeBSD 9.0 using ZFS with the following setup on one > harddrive: > *(5) Create appropriate filesystems (feel free to improvise!).* > > zfs create zroot/usr > zfs create zroot/usr/home > zfs create zroot/var > zfs create-o compression=on-o exec=on-o setuid=off zroot/tmp > zfs create-o compression=lzjb-o setuid=off zroot/usr/ports > zfs create-o compression=off-o exec=off-o setuid=off > zroot/usr/ports/distfiles > zfs create-o compression=off-o exec=off-o setuid=off > zroot/usr/ports/packages > zfs create-o compression=lzjb-o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/usr/src > zfs create-o compression=lzjb-o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/var/crash > zfs create-o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/var/db > zfs create-o compression=lzjb-o exec=on-o setuid=off zroot/var/db/pkg > zfs create-o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/var/empty > zfs create-o compression=lzjb-o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/var/log > zfs create-o compression=gzip -o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/var/mail > zfs create-o exec=off-o setuid=off zroot/var/run > zfs create-o compression=lzjb-o exec=on-o setuid=off zroot/var/tmp > The filesystems are mostly arbitrary. You really only need the rootfs with appropriate directories underneath. The list provided is simply a concise idealized layout. -- Adam Vande More