ZFS has been the default on FreeBSD installations for a while now ;) I wouldn't consider using ZFS on anything less than an entire disk good practice, but like driving a car with motorcycle wheels instead of the stock wheels it's something that can be done if truly desired.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:26 AM Till Wegmueller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Mario > > If you are still using UFS on FreeBSD that is like ext2 on Linux, so if > you want to install into another partition, you have to have a partition > table that is readable by the illumos kernel. Then you can create a ZFS > pool on that partition and install into that. > > If you are not used to ZFS yet with illumos you will have to. FreeBSD > would like you to use it aswell. (IIRC it's the default for FreeBSD) So > it's a good time to read up on it. > > -Till > > On 13.10.21 13:16, Mario Marietto wrote: > > I never used ZFS. Is it doable even using another FS that I don't know > > which type it is ?. For example on FreeBSD the basic FS is ufs. So > usually > > when I install it I choose ufs instead of ZFS. Maybe I will study ZFS > > later,since now I don't want to make things more complicated than they > > already are. > > > > Il giorno mer 13 ott 2021 alle ore 18:10 Jim Klimov <[email protected]> > ha > > scritto: > > > >> On October 13, 2021 3:55:06 PM UTC, Mario Marietto < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> Hello to everyone. > >>> > >>> I would like to know if any of you has tried to install open indiana in > >>> a > >>> specific partition and not on the whole hard disk. Do you have some > >>> suggestions ? some tutorial that I can learn how to do that ? thanks. > >> > >> It would probably have to be a primary partition (if on MBR) of type > >> Solaris2, but should be doable. IIRC from live/install media you can > >> manually create an rpool, and then feed it to installer as a done > thing. It > >> was a while since I saw the installer :) > >> > >> Actually the installer would probably ask about partitioning; the trick > >> above could be more a step to colocate zfs-aware OSes in datasets of > same > >> rpool. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> -- > >> Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Android > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
