On 23 April 2011 19:44, Adam Vande More <amvandem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Chris Telting > <christopher...@telting.org>wrote: > > > So so on to my question. I'm sure others have thought about this. I > kind > > of want /etc to be it's own zfs partition so that I can snapshot it > separate > > from everything else and preserve it without much effort. But I don't > think > > I can do that because of booting. The system depends on /etc before it > > mounts it's first file system. > > > As you are aware ZFS works differently, and I think you are incorrect in > your assumption that separating /etc onto it's own ZFS file system will > break the boot process. The vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:zoot" sysctl controls > which pool to boot from, and once the pool is imported all automounted FS's > are immediately available I'd guess. If so, your desired scenario is > achievable without hackery. However this is an assumption on my part. > > Testing this out is like a 1/2 hr exercise if you have Virtualbox > installed. Use the PCBSD cd or MFSBSD to quickly install a bootable ZFS > VM. > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > not sure about that as the auto mounts are done when /etc/rc.d/zfs runs so there might be a dependency _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"