Bug#648109: Impossible to use zfs as rootfs without creating a volume; should allow creating zfs filesystems (not just volumes)
2011/11/9 Andras Korn <korn-debbugs@elan.rulez.org>:
> So how exactly is this supposed to work? I create the rpool, then create a
> volume inside it to be used as /, another as /usr, another as /var and so
> on?
Yes.
> And where do I then specify their mountpoints? At one point I had created
> zfs filesystems manually on console 2 and set their mountpoints, but while
> the "configure zfs" part of the partitioner listed them along with their
> mountpoints, it didn't offer an option to change them.
You'll see that option once the "volumes" are created.
It basically works the same way as LVM on GNU/Linux. You should have
no problem figuring it out, in case of doubt you can check the LVM
documentation.
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Robert Millan
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