On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 04:36, Ian Collins <i...@ianshome.com> wrote: > Mattias Pantzare wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm not sure how to go about it. Basically, how should i format my >>>> drives in FreeBSD, create a ZPOOL which can be imported into >>>> OpenSolaris. >>>> >>> >>> I'm not sure about BSD, but Solaris ZFS works with whole devices. So >>> there isn't any OS specific formatting involved. I assume BSD does the >>> same. >>> >> >> That is not true. ZFS will use a EFI partition table with one >> partition if you give it the whole disk. >> >> > > An EFI label isn't "OS specific formatting"!
It is. Not all OS will read an EFI label. Whole device on BSD is really the whole device. No partition table. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
