Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
On Jan 10, 2008 3:46 AM, Toby Thain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9-Jan-08, at 10:26 PM, Noël Dellofano wrote: > > > As I mentioned, ZFS is still BETA, so there are (and likely will be) > > some issues turn up with compatibility with the upper layers of the > > system if that's what you're referring to. > > > Two potential areas come immediately to mind - case sensitivity (HFS+ > was traditionally not), and resource forks (UFS dispensed with them). > I never ran an OS X system on UFS myself, but it's not surprising > that some parts of the system/applications chafed at a case > sensitive, data fork fs, although Apple does support it. Case-insensitivity "support" for ZFS is already present, but hasn't been ported or tested yet on OS X. As for the resource fork, ZFS supports named streams/EAs natively so this won't be a problem. Even with our old implementation of UFS, resource fork support and functionally was still 100% present, though admittedly 2nd class via Apple Double or those "turd" files we're all fond of. Chris ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
On Jan 9, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Noël Dellofano wrote: > Yep, these issues are known and I've listed them with explanations on > on our website under "The State of the ZFS on OS X World": > http://zfs.macosforge.org/ > > We're working on them. The Trash and iTunes bugs should be fixed > soon. The "your non-replicated drive just went MIA" panic will take a > little longer as it requires a more complex fix that will need to > involve diskutil and friends while also preserving the integrity of > your pool and all the data therin. I don't have any non-replicated drives so I never ran into this particular issue. The panics when brining devices online were always for mirrors. I realize that I wasn't clear before. Since the by request only 101 and continuing with the 102A release, I have been able to do rude things to the external portion of my mirrors without experiencing a panic. > This is also a problem the Solaris > ZFS team is working on as well, it's just not as common that people > rip out live drives from a Thumper :) That was almost the first thing I did when we got one to play with :) > > > Noel > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Shawn Ferry wrote: > >> Noël, >> >> To try and get regular use out of ZFS on OS X I moved all of my >> Music directory a mirrored pool implemented as a slice of my internal >> disk and a FW enclosure. >> >> There are a few issues I see in using ZFS for end user applications >> at the moment. >> >> 1) Trash doesn't work >> You adding files to the trash seems to work but you >> can't empty it without manually going to the .Trashes >> directory and manually removing files >> 2) You can't download new iTunes Store music through iTunes >> iTunes can download podcasts and add new music from >> local files even using the consolidate music option >> 3) It was somewhat prone to causing panics >> mainly bringing devices back online or rudely disconnecting >> them >> 4) once the kext is loaded it appears that any user can perform any >> action e.g. anybody can create or delete a snapshot or a pool >> >> Shawn >> >> On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Noël Dellofano wrote: >> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. >>> >>> Sweet deal :) >>> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you tried a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) >>> >>> I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. >>> Then >>> I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't >>> really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current >>> setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of >>> which >>> is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed >>> it >>> to use that directory for my home dir. >>> I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to >>> have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be >>> able to just offer it natively that way. >>> >>> Noel >>> >>> >>> On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Joe Block wrote: >>> Thanks for the pointer. I had just checked ADC for a new download this morning, actually. As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you tried a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) On Jan 8, 2008 2:09 PM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X > port is > now posted for your viewing fun at: > > http://zfs.macosforge.org/ > > The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under > "ZFS > Ports": > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ > > This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a > small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more > as > time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and binaries > that > you can download to your hearts content. So if you have a Mac, > are > running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge please try it out. > Comments, questions, suggestions and feedback are all very > welcome. > I also want to point out this is BETA. We're still working on > getting > some features going, as well as fleshing out issues with Finder, > Disk > Util, iTunes, and other parts of the system. So when I say > bleeding, > I'm not kidding :) However I'm excited to say that I'm happily > running ZFS as my home directory on my MacBook Pro which is what I > work off of every day, and am running weekly snapshots which I > 'zfs > send' to my external drive. Oh happy day. > > thanks! > Noel Dellofano >
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
On 9-Jan-08, at 10:26 PM, Noël Dellofano wrote: > As I mentioned, ZFS is still BETA, so there are (and likely will be) > some issues turn up with compatibility with the upper layers of the > system if that's what you're referring to. Two potential areas come immediately to mind - case sensitivity (HFS+ was traditionally not), and resource forks (UFS dispensed with them). I never ran an OS X system on UFS myself, but it's not surprising that some parts of the system/applications chafed at a case sensitive, data fork fs, although Apple does support it. --Toby > But we're working hard on > fixing these as they come up. So end goal is there shouldn't be any > weird compatibility issues with the rest system. > > Noel > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Scott Laird wrote: > >> On Jan 9, 2008 11:26 AM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. >>> >>> Sweet deal :) >>> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you tried a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) >>> >>> I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. >>> Then >>> I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't >>> really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current >>> setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of >>> which >>> is my home directory. Then I just created my account and >>> pointed it >>> to use that directory for my home dir. >>> I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to >>> have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be >>> able to just offer it natively that way. >> >> So Leopard is able to use ZFS without any of the weird compatibility >> problems that used to plague UFS users? >> >> >> Scott > > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
Okay, great. I've been enjoying ZFS on my home OpenSolaris box, and I have a new multi-drive Mac in my near future, and I'd love to have ZFS as an option at some point. Scott On Jan 9, 2008 4:26 PM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I mentioned, ZFS is still BETA, so there are (and likely will be) > some issues turn up with compatibility with the upper layers of the > system if that's what you're referring to. But we're working hard on > fixing these as they come up. So end goal is there shouldn't be any > weird compatibility issues with the rest system. > > Noel > > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Scott Laird wrote: > > > On Jan 9, 2008 11:26 AM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a > >>> spare > >>> MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. > >> > >> Sweet deal :) > >> > >>> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you > >>> tried > >>> a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) > >> > >> I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. Then > >> I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't > >> really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current > >> setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of which > >> is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed it > >> to use that directory for my home dir. > >> I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to > >> have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be > >> able to just offer it natively that way. > > > > So Leopard is able to use ZFS without any of the weird compatibility > > problems that used to plague UFS users? > > > > > > Scott > > ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
Yep, these issues are known and I've listed them with explanations on on our website under "The State of the ZFS on OS X World": http://zfs.macosforge.org/ We're working on them. The Trash and iTunes bugs should be fixed soon. The "your non-replicated drive just went MIA" panic will take a little longer as it requires a more complex fix that will need to involve diskutil and friends while also preserving the integrity of your pool and all the data therin. This is also a problem the Solaris ZFS team is working on as well, it's just not as common that people rip out live drives from a Thumper :) Noel On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Shawn Ferry wrote: > Noël, > > To try and get regular use out of ZFS on OS X I moved all of my > Music directory a mirrored pool implemented as a slice of my internal > disk and a FW enclosure. > > There are a few issues I see in using ZFS for end user applications > at the moment. > > 1) Trash doesn't work > You adding files to the trash seems to work but you > can't empty it without manually going to the .Trashes > directory and manually removing files > 2) You can't download new iTunes Store music through iTunes > iTunes can download podcasts and add new music from > local files even using the consolidate music option > 3) It was somewhat prone to causing panics > mainly bringing devices back online or rudely disconnecting > them > 4) once the kext is loaded it appears that any user can perform any > action e.g. anybody can create or delete a snapshot or a pool > > Shawn > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Noël Dellofano wrote: > >>> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a >>> spare >>> MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. >> >> Sweet deal :) >> >>> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you >>> tried >>> a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) >> >> I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. Then >> I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't >> really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current >> setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of which >> is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed it >> to use that directory for my home dir. >> I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to >> have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be >> able to just offer it natively that way. >> >> Noel >> >> >> On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Joe Block wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the pointer. I had just checked ADC for a new download >>> this >>> morning, actually. >>> >>> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a >>> spare >>> MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. >>> >>> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you >>> tried >>> a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) >>> >>> On Jan 8, 2008 2:09 PM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey everyone, This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X port is now posted for your viewing fun at: http://zfs.macosforge.org/ The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under "ZFS Ports": http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more as time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and binaries that you can download to your hearts content. So if you have a Mac, are running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge please try it out. Comments, questions, suggestions and feedback are all very welcome. I also want to point out this is BETA. We're still working on getting some features going, as well as fleshing out issues with Finder, Disk Util, iTunes, and other parts of the system. So when I say bleeding, I'm not kidding :) However I'm excited to say that I'm happily running ZFS as my home directory on my MacBook Pro which is what I work off of every day, and am running weekly snapshots which I 'zfs send' to my external drive. Oh happy day. thanks! Noel Dellofano ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Macintosh System Administrator >>> +1.650.253.7264 >>> >>> Information is the currency of democracy. >>> -Thomas Jefferson >> >> ___ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > > -- > Shawn Ferry shawn.ferry at sun.com > Senior Primary Systems Engineer > Sun Man
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
As I mentioned, ZFS is still BETA, so there are (and likely will be) some issues turn up with compatibility with the upper layers of the system if that's what you're referring to. But we're working hard on fixing these as they come up. So end goal is there shouldn't be any weird compatibility issues with the rest system. Noel On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Scott Laird wrote: > On Jan 9, 2008 11:26 AM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a >>> spare >>> MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. >> >> Sweet deal :) >> >>> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you >>> tried >>> a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) >> >> I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. Then >> I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't >> really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current >> setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of which >> is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed it >> to use that directory for my home dir. >> I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to >> have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be >> able to just offer it natively that way. > > So Leopard is able to use ZFS without any of the weird compatibility > problems that used to plague UFS users? > > > Scott ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
Noël, To try and get regular use out of ZFS on OS X I moved all of my Music directory a mirrored pool implemented as a slice of my internal disk and a FW enclosure. There are a few issues I see in using ZFS for end user applications at the moment. 1) Trash doesn't work You adding files to the trash seems to work but you can't empty it without manually going to the .Trashes directory and manually removing files 2) You can't download new iTunes Store music through iTunes iTunes can download podcasts and add new music from local files even using the consolidate music option 3) It was somewhat prone to causing panics mainly bringing devices back online or rudely disconnecting them 4) once the kext is loaded it appears that any user can perform any action e.g. anybody can create or delete a snapshot or a pool Shawn On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Noël Dellofano wrote: >> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare >> MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. > > Sweet deal :) > >> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you >> tried >> a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) > > I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. Then > I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't > really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current > setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of which > is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed it > to use that directory for my home dir. > I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to > have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be > able to just offer it natively that way. > > Noel > > > On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Joe Block wrote: > >> Thanks for the pointer. I had just checked ADC for a new download >> this >> morning, actually. >> >> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare >> MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. >> >> So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you >> tried >> a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) >> >> On Jan 8, 2008 2:09 PM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X port >>> is >>> now posted for your viewing fun at: >>> >>> http://zfs.macosforge.org/ >>> >>> The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under "ZFS >>> Ports": >>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ >>> >>> This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a >>> small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more as >>> time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and binaries >>> that >>> you can download to your hearts content. So if you have a Mac, are >>> running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge please try it out. >>> Comments, questions, suggestions and feedback are all very welcome. >>> I also want to point out this is BETA. We're still working on >>> getting >>> some features going, as well as fleshing out issues with Finder, >>> Disk >>> Util, iTunes, and other parts of the system. So when I say >>> bleeding, >>> I'm not kidding :) However I'm excited to say that I'm happily >>> running ZFS as my home directory on my MacBook Pro which is what I >>> work off of every day, and am running weekly snapshots which I 'zfs >>> send' to my external drive. Oh happy day. >>> >>> thanks! >>> Noel Dellofano >>> ___ >>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Macintosh System Administrator >> +1.650.253.7264 >> >> Information is the currency of democracy. >> -Thomas Jefferson > > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Shawn Ferry shawn.ferry at sun.com Senior Primary Systems Engineer Sun Managed Operations 571.291.4898 ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
On Jan 9, 2008 11:26 AM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare > > MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. > > Sweet deal :) > > > So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you tried > > a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) > > I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. Then > I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't > really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current > setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of which > is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed it > to use that directory for my home dir. > I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to > have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be > able to just offer it natively that way. So Leopard is able to use ZFS without any of the weird compatibility problems that used to plague UFS users? Scott ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
Heh, good point :)However, ZFS is only available on Leopard, since it requires some changes and symbols that are only part of the Leopard kernel. On the plus side ZFS and Dtrace are really freakin cool so maybe that will help mitigate the ouch factor on the upgrade; just think of all the glorious hours of engineering you're getting for one upgrade :) Noel On Jan 9, 2008, at 2:19 AM, Darren J Moffat wrote: > Noël Dellofano wrote: >> Hey everyone, >> This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X port >> is now posted for your viewing fun at: >> http://zfs.macosforge.org/ >> The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under >> "ZFS Ports": >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ >> This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a >> small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more >> as time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and >> binaries that you can download to your hearts content. So if you >> have a Mac, are running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge >> please try it out. > > Does it need Leopard or can it work on Tiger ? Just curious as ZFS > and DTrace are the only things in Leopard that are of interest to me > and I just can't bring myself to pay (again) to upgrade MacOS X for > two features that were developed for Solaris and are open source :-) > > Thanks. > > -- > Darren J Moffat ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
> As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare > MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. Sweet deal :) > So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you tried > a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) I currently just have one account, my personal one, to use ZFS. Then I just have another local admin account that uses HFS+ that I don't really use for anything except occasional testing. In my current setup, I created a pool, and I have 2 filesystems in it, one of which is my home directory. Then I just created my account and pointed it to use that directory for my home dir. I haven't experimented with File Vault yet at all, so feel free to have at it. Hopefully when we get encryption for ZFS then we'll be able to just offer it natively that way. Noel On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Joe Block wrote: > Thanks for the pointer. I had just checked ADC for a new download this > morning, actually. > > As soon as I get in to work and can backup my sparsebundle to a spare > MBP, I'm going to start banging on it. > > So, do you have all of /Users on zfs, just one account, have you tried > a FileVaulted account too? Or is that just crazy talk? :-) > > On Jan 8, 2008 2:09 PM, Noël Dellofano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey everyone, >> >> This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X port is >> now posted for your viewing fun at: >> >> http://zfs.macosforge.org/ >> >> The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under "ZFS >> Ports": >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ >> >> This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a >> small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more as >> time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and binaries that >> you can download to your hearts content. So if you have a Mac, are >> running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge please try it out. >> Comments, questions, suggestions and feedback are all very welcome. >> I also want to point out this is BETA. We're still working on >> getting >> some features going, as well as fleshing out issues with Finder, Disk >> Util, iTunes, and other parts of the system. So when I say bleeding, >> I'm not kidding :) However I'm excited to say that I'm happily >> running ZFS as my home directory on my MacBook Pro which is what I >> work off of every day, and am running weekly snapshots which I 'zfs >> send' to my external drive. Oh happy day. >> >> thanks! >> Noel Dellofano >> ___ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> > > > > -- > Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Macintosh System Administrator > +1.650.253.7264 > > Information is the currency of democracy. > -Thomas Jefferson ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
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> http://zfs.macosforge.org/ Good work to those involved :) This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
Noël Dellofano wrote: > Hey everyone, > > This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X port is > now posted for your viewing fun at: > > http://zfs.macosforge.org/ > > The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under "ZFS > Ports": > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ > > This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a > small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more as > time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and binaries that > you can download to your hearts content. So if you have a Mac, are > running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge please try it out. Does it need Leopard or can it work on Tiger ? Just curious as ZFS and DTrace are the only things in Leopard that are of interest to me and I just can't bring myself to pay (again) to upgrade MacOS X for two features that were developed for Solaris and are open source :-) Thanks. -- Darren J Moffat ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] ZFS on OS X port now on macosforge
Hey everyone, This is just a quick announcement to say that the ZFS on OS X port is now posted for your viewing fun at: http://zfs.macosforge.org/ The page is also linked off of the ZFS Open Solaris page under "ZFS Ports": http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/porting/ This page holds the status for the ZFS on OSX port and includes a small FAQ, some known bugs, announcements, and will include more as time goes on. It also holds the latest source code and binaries that you can download to your hearts content. So if you have a Mac, are running Leopard, and are feeling bleeding edge please try it out. Comments, questions, suggestions and feedback are all very welcome. I also want to point out this is BETA. We're still working on getting some features going, as well as fleshing out issues with Finder, Disk Util, iTunes, and other parts of the system. So when I say bleeding, I'm not kidding :) However I'm excited to say that I'm happily running ZFS as my home directory on my MacBook Pro which is what I work off of every day, and am running weekly snapshots which I 'zfs send' to my external drive. Oh happy day. thanks! Noel Dellofano ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
