Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:31:29 -0400 From: Andriy Bakay <andriy@irbisnet.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Converting sysinstalled FreeBSD into ZFS-only server. Message-ID: <B94A4C07-75B8-48DC-91B9-BB5E3E8F161F@irbisnet.com> In-Reply-To: <201008101103.o7AB33R4024470@higson.cam.lispworks.com> References: <f901f2c14a4f2822360a0284fc468239@irbisnet.com> <201008101103.o7AB33R4024470@higson.cam.lispworks.com>
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On 10-Aug-10, at 7:03 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:22:42 -0400, Andriy Bakay said: >> >> 3. Could you be more verbose about your ZFS layout, what major >> advantages >> it provide against for example the following: >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot. I found it very >> interesting >> but I need more info. > > Are you referring to mounting "/" from the inner dataset called > system/root > (rather that using the root dataset like in GPTZFSBoot)? > > I think an inner dataset is better for "/" because it gives you more > flexibility later. In particular, you can do zfs destroy on it > (which is > impossible on the root dataset). You can also have alternate roots > for > different OS versions. Good point about "/", thanks. But what about this one: # zfs create -o canmount=off system/usr # zfs create -o canmount=off system/var Maybe Pawel could comment out. > > __Martin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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