thanks for the input. since i have no interest in multibooting (virtualbox will suit my needs), i created a 10gb partition on my 500gb drive for opensolaris and reserved the rest for files (130gb worth).
after installing the os and fdisking the rest of the space to solaris2, i created a zpool called DOCUMENTS (good tips with the upper case), which i then mounted to Documents in my home folder. the logic is, if i have to reinstall, i just export DOCUMENTS and re-import it into the reinstalled os (or import -f in a worst-case scenario). after having done all the setup, i partitioned drive 2 using identical cylinder locs and mirrored each into their respective pools (rpool and DOCUMENTS). replacing drive 1 with 2 and starting back up, everything boots fine and i see all my data, so it worked. obviously i'm a noob, and yet even i find my own method a little suspicious. i look at the disk usage analyzer and see that / is 100% used. while i'm sure that this is in some kind of "virtual" sense, it leaves me with a feeling that i've done a goofy thing. comments about this last concern are greatly appreciated! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
