ZFS install from -CURRENT snapshot

Daniel Kalchev daniel at digsys.bg
Mon May 30 15:59:23 UTC 2011



On 29.05.11 16:10, Daniel Staal wrote:
> --As of May 29, 2011 12:06:30 PM +0300, George Kontostanos is alleged 
> to have said:
>> "http://www.aisecure.net/?p=132"
>
> Thanks, that's about what I expected the install procedure to be at 
> this point.  Nice to have the reminder about the zpool.cache.   (Do I 
> have to use the Live CD mode?  Can I use shell mode instead?)
>
Actually, you don't need to go via the trouble to make /boot writable. 
You can obtain zpool.cache by using

zpool import -c /tmp/zpool.cache zroot

Then copy that file to the mounted root filesystem of the zpool.

Daniel


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