On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 21:41, Benny Siegert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is root-on-zfs supported at all? I do not need a ZFS-capable > bootloader, I can load the kernel from a different partition via GRUB, > but can the zpool be at the root?
Something needs to load the module and mount the pools... > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 9:54 PM Chavdar Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > FYI I switched all my nvmm virtual machines to use zvols under > > -current, seems to be working rather well. I haven't yer tried > > snapshotting them, I'll do that later, but so far haven't had any > > problems, including performancewise. Previously they used either gpt > > partitions or disk images. > > > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 06:28, Alistair Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Working with a VM. Added 1 CPU and 3GB memory to the instance, 4 GB RAM > > > total > > > > > > Added a 50GB disk, presents as wd2 > > > > > > Commands (edited to show kinda relevant ones) I also have a full backup > > > of my home dir in case I fat fingered anything > > > > > > 9986 19:24 dmesg > > > 9987 19:24 sudo zpool create z /dev/wd2d > > > 9989 19:25 sudo zfs create z/home > > > 9990 19:30 sudo zfs set compression=lz4 z/home > > > 9991 19:30 sudo zfs set atime=off z/home > > > 9992 19:30 sudo zpool get all z > > > 9993 19:31 sudo zfs get all z/home > > > 9994 19:31 df > > > 9995 19:31 du -h ~agc/ > > > 9996 19:32 cd /home > > > 9998 19:32 sudo pax -rwpe . /z/home/ > > > 9999 19:33 df > > > 10000 19:35 cd / > > > 10004 19:36 sudo rm -rf /home > > > 10007 19:37 sudo zfs snapshot z/home@20190802 > > > 10009 19:38 sudo zfs list > > > 10011 19:38 ls -al /z/home > > > 10012 19:38 ls -al /z > > > 10013 19:39 sudo zfs set mountpoint=/home z/home > > > > > > This is all on 9.99.something, BTW, but near enough to 9.0_BETA > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 10:55, Ron Georgia <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> How did you move your home directory? Did you create /tank/home then > > >> symlink the /home -> /tank/home? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> From: Alistair Crooks <[email protected]> > > >> Date: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 11:53 AM > > >> To: Ronald Georgia <[email protected]> > > >> Cc: Marc Baudoin <[email protected]>, NetBSD Users !!!! > > >> <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: State of ZFS in 9.0_BETA > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 07:52, Ronald Georgia <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Same here. I have two 9BETA machines using zfs. Both have a mirrored > > >> pool of two disks. So far things seem to be working. This weekend I will > > >> be testing snapshots and send/receive. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> BTW, nice job with zfs. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:47 AM Marc Baudoin <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> ZFS has been updated for 9.0_BETA. I've tried it and it seems > > >> usable (I couldn't make it work in 8.0 so it's a real progress). > > >> Now I'd like to know what's its state in 9.0_BETA (still > > >> experimental, quite stable, production ready --- might be too > > >> early) and what's the goal for the future? > > >> > > >> Thanks. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I have no idea of official status, but I've moved the home directory on > > >> my main development machine to zfs, and am extremely happy so far with > > >> the results - snapshots and compression ftw > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Having said that, I did have issues copying some larger files from ffs > > >> to zfs until I added more memory. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> > > >> Alistair > > > > > > > > -- > > ---- > > > > -- > Benny -- ----
