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

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