On Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:58 PM tech-lists <tech-li...@zyxst.net> wrote:
> Hi > > [context is freebsd-12R-p3] > > Is it possible to convert a running freebsd guest from UFS to ZFS? > It would need to be done in-situ, in the guest as there is no access to > the host. > > The guest filesystem is: > > /dev/gpt/rootfs / ufs rw 1 1 > /dev/gpt/swapfs none swap sw 0 0 > I'd create a custom image. First, disable swapping. Change the part type to UFS. Put the image on the swap partition. It can be booted using the next boot feature. It would do a dump of rootfs to the cloud. Once dumped, delete rootfs partition. Then add it back as a freebsd-zfs partition. The image would then create and mount the zfs pool. Fetch the dump image and use restore to put all the files back in place. Reboot. You are done... Warner thanks, > -- > J. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
