Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives

2006-06-21 Thread Mike Gerdts
On 6/21/06, Lori Alt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I checked into this and got some information from the install group. What I learned is this: the process of creating a flash archive is just a matter of using cpio/pax to make a copy of the contents of an installed system. A flash archive doesn't

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives

2006-06-21 Thread Phil Brown
Lori Alt wrote: zfs-aware. So the answer to your question is that you can create a flash archive from this system with zfs filesystems, but until the install software is zfs-aware, you can't use the archive to create a system with zfs pools and datasets. yeah that sort of stuff is usually spe

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives

2006-06-21 Thread Lori Alt
I checked into this and got some information from the install group. What I learned is this: the process of creating a flash archive is just a matter of using cpio/pax to make a copy of the contents of an installed system. A flash archive doesn't contain any information about the configuration

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives

2006-06-20 Thread Lori Alt
I'm looking into this and will send out an answer in a day or two. Lori Alt Constantin Gonzalez wrote: Hi, I'm currently setting up a demo machine. It would be nice to set up everything the way I like it, including a number of ZFS filesystems, then create a flash archive, then install from th

[zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives

2006-06-20 Thread Constantin Gonzalez
Hi, I'm currently setting up a demo machine. It would be nice to set up everything the way I like it, including a number of ZFS filesystems, then create a flash archive, then install from that archive. Will there be any issues with webstart flash and ZFS? Does flar create need to be ZFS aware and