Moinak Ghosh wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> Moinak Ghosh wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> The BE management function should handle pool configuration >>> on the installed system. The Transfer module is active while still >>> booted off the LiveCD. In this case the pool has to be temporarily >>> mounted onto an alternate root and files copied over. The Transfer >>> module will use zpool import -R ... to achieve this. This does not >>> change any pool configuration. For eg. the root pool will still >>> mount onto / when booted of harddisk. >>> This temporary mount for the purposes of copying bits is easiest >>> to handle inside the Transfer module itself. >>> >>> >> >> I see no need for you to duplicate functions that the BE management >> module seemingly needs to have. Ethan, any comment? >> > > Should the BE management be responsible for doing a > temporary alternate-root mount for copying files during > install ? >
I don't see why that would be different than a mount that would be needed for other BE management tasks, but I would like Ethan's point of view. Dave
