Want to install FreeBSD - need advice on Writable filesystems?

[samankaya at netscape.net]

freebsd-fs at freebsd.org

 Many thanks for all your suggestions and advice!!!!

I think I will research into BSD 8 and either use that or wait for BSD 7.3 to come out as I think that BSD 8 might be development although I don't have a problem with that since I am going to install SXCE any way which is testing line of Solaris just under SXDE.

I do not like the idea of ZFS file system on my desktop with 1GB or RAM so I guess I will use the larger master drive as ZFS with /home on it and then my smaller slave with UFS and UFS2 on different partitions for Solaris and BSD root / consecutively. Then get them both to use the same swap space and I should be ok.......

As for the hyper visors I have researched them and they seem to be really cool with better computer equipment then my desktop, so not for now. Especially since they require 64-bit CPU architecture and 4GB RAM min.

I am quite excited as BSD looks really cool and there's of course the great Solaris which I really like too so all is good. I only need to burn about 60GB of DVD's before hand to make this thing happen but it's not a problem, since I have no good backup solution I am always burning DVD's lol. :-)

Best regards,

Kaya


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd at quip.cz>
To: samankaya at netscape.net
Cc: freebsd-fs at freebsd.org
Sent: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:44 am
Subject: Re: Want to install FreeBSD - need advice on Writable filesystems?









samankaya at netscape.net wrote:?

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> Matt, thanks for the WikiPedia alert I discovered that just before writing to the mailing list taking its advice: "research thoroughly before using a filesystem between OS's"?

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> I however a little disappointed that I cannot use UFS to 'bounce' files between BSD and Solaris. Matt, you also mention ZFS rel 13! Is this teh version that comes with Solaris? We maybe back at square 1 with the UFS BSD/Solaris adaptation again :-(?
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ZFS version 13 is the version used in latest FreeBSD (8-CURRENT and 
7-STABLE). If you will use this version, you can read & write to it from 
FreeBSD and Solaris / OpenSolaris.?
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> I guess in my situation really the alternative seems to be backing things up onto external ext3 hard drive and reading that information into BSD..... or using NFS which at the moment isn't the best option as it would be a bit tedious to boot up a VM every time I wanted to swap between Solaris and BSD!?

> 
> "These days, virtual machines make it much, much easier. " yes that is true if one has the hardware and software to run them. Unfortunately I am on a Pentium IV with only 1GB or RAM which won't even support ZFS file system well, which is why I'm so apprehensive to install ZFS with my Solaris build in the first place and why I revert to the old UFS file system.?

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> Hmm..... the only way maybe just to install Sun's Virual Box with 'virtual' BSD for the transferring of files between the hardware installed BSD and Solaris running NFS server? Ouch!?

> 
> Not sure if there are any free Hypervisors out there? VMware and Citrix you have to pay for and even Sun's xVM I think too :-(?

> 
> What do you guys think is my best solution here? Probably what I've already covered right??
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If you need some hypervisor, VMware provides ESXi for free and Citrix 
has XenServer for free too.?
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Miroslav Lachman?

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