On 12/9/2015 17:29, Michael B. Eichorn wrote: > I sorry, but I really don't get your point, PCBSD has shown a great > reason why zfs on root and on laptops/desktops is a good idea... boot > environments. They have pretty much figured out how to use snapshots > to go from A-B ping-pong installations to A-B-C-D-E.... installations. > I am even aware of people using it to run Release and Current on the > same machine. Unfortunately at the moment the system requires GRUB, > but there is ongoing work to add the ability to the FreeBSD > bootloader. Further IIRC zfs send-receive has a history involving a > developer who wanted a better rsync for transfering his work to a > laptop. In addition we have pretty much Moore's Lawed our way to the > point where a new laptop today can out spec a typical server from when > ZFS was first implemented. Hiding features because you 'can' shoot > your foot off is hardly a typical UNIXy way of thinking anyway.
Boot environments work fine on FreeBSD. Look at "beadm" :-) What are you trying to do that you need GRUB? -- Karl Denninger k...@denninger.net <mailto:k...@denninger.net> /The Market Ticker/ /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/
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