I don't think ZFS is very keen on extended partitions, at least not up
to version 28 (OSOL b134). I tried once to format a logical partition
inside an extended partition with ZFS but it didn't even recognize the
extended partition. After changing it to a primary it was fine. So it is
likely that also the OI version of ZFS will not like it either.
OSOL/OI don't seem to object to the hard drive having an extended
partition (it will only see the primaries), so I would recommend using
extended/logical partitions only with OSes that support it and let OI
use primary partitions. Since you can have several file systems inside a
primary partition, each file system can serve as a "logical partition",
so you can reserve one larger primary partition for OI and subsequent
data "partitions" if you want.
On 2011-01-29 18:54, hairryharry wrote:
Hope this is not a stupid question.
I am now looking to run OI on my main computer and due to various
other OSs need to think about partitioning before installing OI.
Simple question (with varied answers from googling) - will OI install
on an extended partition ?
Thanks,
Mike
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