From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 00:48:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3F3106566C for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:48:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF148FC0C for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:48:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (ltcfislmsgpa03 [127.0.0.1]) by ltcfislmsgpa03.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id q0K0RW7N000475; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:48:19 -0600 Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.16]) by ltcfislmsgpa03.fnfis.com with ESMTP id 12evk3r8a6-4 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:48:19 -0600 Received: from dtwin (10.14.152.15) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.16) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.323.3; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:48:10 -0600 From: Devin Teske To: "'Chad Perrin'" , References: <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> In-Reply-To: <050301ccd70b$18f1be90$4ad53bb0$@fisglobal.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:48:40 -0800 Message-ID: <050b01ccd70d$418147c0$c483d740$@fisglobal.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQLQRxvieyweenM8sTFCozfP6uax1AKyIQosAhz+sBMCoRxyJQEyPIuBAIHJq9YCPwCDXwJtD4JWAm04M2GTi58rYA== Content-Language: en-us X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.15] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.6.7361, 1.0.211, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-01-19_09:2012-01-20, 2012-01-19, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: 'Dave Robison' Subject: RE: FreeBSD 9 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: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:48:22 -0000 > -----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.