Hello Stephan, > now i just swap the boot discs. Its far easier.... additional boot disc (128-512 gb?)
Are you using them on a desktop PC or on a server setup? For what purposes do you use OI? Cheers! Atiq On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM Stephan Althaus via oi-dev < oi-dev@openindiana.org> wrote: > On 8/16/25 07:50, Atiq Rahman wrote: > > > FreeBSD has switched around the terms “slice” and “partition”. They are > using “slice" for fdisk/mbr case and “partition” for everything else. > Thank you for sharing the fun fact! > > Hi all! > > Just to share my humble opinion.. > > Partitioning is a point where i had my 'problems', too. These slices never > really burnt in my mind, ('slice 2 is whole disc' - why no. 2??) > > Especially for new users without solarish bachground a tool that is 'like > fdisk' would be handy - i really don't like format and fdisk cause i don't > really know what they do :-/ > > On OI we have "parted", "gdisk" and "cgdisk" which are sort of this, for > 'modern' GPT disc labels. > That's really great. With UEFI working now flawlessly i don't need > anything else anymore. > > For me, i now use UFEI boot using whoe disc, in one case i did > pre-partinioning to create a pool that is smaller than whole disc for later > mirroing.., > and zfs pools with 'whole disc' devices. > > > ~10 years ago i battled with dual boot setups, now i just swap the boot > discs. Its far easier. > These some € more for additional boot disc (128-512 gb?) really free spare > time to create something more productive. > > > Just my 2 cents, > > Stephan >
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