Hi, Using bootroot I can do seperate /usr filesystem since b64. I can also do snapshot, clone and compression.
Rgds, Andre W. Kugutsumen wrote: > Lori Alt told me that mountrount was a temporary hack until grub > could boot zfs natively. > Since build 62, mountroot support was dropped and I am not convinced > that this is a mistake. > > Let's compare the two: > > Mountroot: > > Pros: > * can have root partition on raid-z: YES > * can have root partition on zfs stripping mirror: YES > * can have usr partition on separate ZFS partition with build < > 72 : YES > * can snapshot and rollback root partition: YES > * can use copies on root partition on a single root disk (e.g. a > laptop ): YES > * can use compression on root partition: YES > Cons: > * grub native support: NO (if you use raid-z or stripping mirror, > you will need to have a small UFS partition > to bootstrap the system, but you can use a small usb stick for > that purpose.) > > New and "improved" *sigh* bootroot scheme: > > Pros: > * grub native support: YES > Cons: > * can have root partition on raid-z: NO > * can have root partition on zfs stripping mirror: NO > * can use copies on root partition on a single root disk (e.g. a > laptop ): NO > * can have usr partition on separate ZFS partition with build < > 72 : NO > * can snapshot and rollback root partition: NO > * can use compression on root partition: NO > * No backward compatibility with zfs mountroot. > > Why did we completely drop support for the old mountroot approach > which is so much more flexible? > > Kugutsumen > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
