[geeks] Solaris installation, maximizing ZFS usage

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Apr 18, 2008, at 16:26 , Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 04:21:06PM -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> My last Solaris install, I used a 30G root so I could install all of
>> Solaris on /.
>
> On my single-purpose box here at home (rsnapshot backups of my colo  
> boxes)
> I did an 18G / for the OS, and then made the rest of the disk a ZFS  
> slice.

It's too bad the installer won't let you do that during the install.

I don't care if the machine boots from ZFS, I'd just like it as an  
option for mounts besides root.

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Shannon Hendrix
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