Niall Power wrote: > More comments/questions after having spent more timing examining the > disk layout modelling:) > > 4.1.1: > The data model assumes that only one VTOC (DiskSlices_t) can exist > on disk. On X86, the DiskSlice_t is associated with a parition. Will the > assumption on X86 that only one partition can contain a VTOC hold true > in the future? Will ZFS make this irrelevant? >
It's likely to hold true for a while, at least; there aren't any firm plans that I'm aware of which would change this. ZFS doesn't affect it at all, as we'll still be using a VTOC to contain the root pools. Dave
