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From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Subject: Re: Boot from ZFS
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According to Steve Bertrand:
> "In the latest code, it's possible to boot directly from ZFS, no longer 
> requiring a small non-ZFS boot partition. "No you can use only ZFS and just 
> enjoy it," he stated."
> 
> ...if not, where can I find information on the best procedure to do so?

This code is not yet committed to CURRENT, it is currently in a P4 branch.
Doug Rabson is also doing some work on it according to p4 changes.
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