Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:48:40 -0800 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: "'Chad Perrin'" <perrin@apotheon.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: 'Dave Robison' <daver@vicor.com> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 9 Message-ID: <050b01ccd70d$418147c0$c483d740$@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <050301ccd70b$18f1be90$4ad53bb0$@fisglobal.com> References: <BLU160-W54C133B8003EF140C41EF7AE860@phx.gbl> <loom.20120119T094302-811@post.gmane.org> <4EFDA3B50040906E@> <20120119164234.GB21488@hemlock.hydra> <04db01ccd6df$a6ebe3f0$f4c3abd0$@fisglobal.com> <20120119200106.GB88862@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <04ff01ccd6fa$ca9a4e20$5fceea60$@fisglobal.com> <20120119231446.GA27565@hemlock.hydra> <050301ccd70b$18f1be90$4ad53bb0$@fisglobal.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Devin Teske > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:33 PM > To: 'Chad Perrin'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Dave Robison > Subject: RE: FreeBSD 9 > [snip] > > If FreeBSD had decided that there is no need to offer ZFS-on-root and instead > put their eggs in the SU+J basket, then modifying sysinstall(8) to meet the needs > of supporting SU+J would have been trivial at-best as all options would be UFS > based. > Well, not entirely true. sysinstall(8) would need to be re-worked to support GPT versus MBR. Otherwise system is limited to 2TB on root filesystem (lol; as if that were a limit we were concerned with -- I've not seen a whole lot of setups that required >2TB for the root filesystem). -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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