Hi. On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 01:21:36PM +0300, Mimiko wrote: > On 01.04.2019 09:40, Matthew Crews wrote: > > On 3/31/19 11:20 PM, Mimiko wrote: > > > On 01.04.2019 05:51, Matthew Crews wrote: > > > > Step-by-step instructions are found here: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/Debian-Stretch-Root-on-ZFS > > > Hello. > > > > > > I read this guide, but this implies to have a separate MD raid on disk. > > > It is not fully /boot on ZFS. > > > > > Erm, this guide walks you through the process of getting / root on ZFS, > > though it does make you do a little extra legwork to set up a Z-RAID. > > I've followed this guide myself for an encrypted ZFS setup on Debian > > with my Laptop. > > > > You are aware that ZFS does not use traditional MDADM, but rather > > integrates the RAID functionality directly into the file system, right? > > > > Yes, I know. In 2.2 is mentioned to partition disks. And in 2.3 ZFS pool is > created from partitions, not using full disks. And this is confusing me. Why > create additional partitions not managed by ZFS?
Because you cannot boot from GPT drive unless you have: - ef02 type partition for EFI - ef00 type partition for BIOS And, unlike its Solaris counterpart, ZOL's /sbin/zpool does not label disk by itself. Reco