No need to ignore the output of zfs list, here is an explanation of zfs
list's output, this is in the zfs man page. I think you're confusing used
with refer.
used
The amount of space consumed by this dataset and all its
descendents.
This is the value that is checked against this
> You don't mkdir it, you create it as a ZFS dataset, and mark it with the
> 'canmount=no' property, so it only exists to be a parent, not as an
> actual dataset. This is the default in zfboot currently.
Thanks to everyone for pointing this out. I'll forget about mkdir then,
ignore the output of
On 10/03/2016 01:02, Freddie Cash wrote:
> Set mountpoint=none if you just want to create the parent dataset without
> actually using it for storage. Then you can set properties on it, and child
> datasets will inherit then. Like pool/usr/local
Usually, you want the mountpoint to be one of the inh
On 03/09/2016 18:36, Roger Marquis wrote:
> Wondering if anyone has example patches for zfsboot (from
> usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts)?
>
> We're looking to change some of the default zfs subvolumes, removing /usr in
> favor of /usr/local in particular, and have run into a "parent does not exist"
>
Zfs automatically creates directories needed to be mounted, it would be a
wasted effort making directories for zfs. I don't really understand your
issue with an unused /usr dataset, but you can just modify
the ZFSBOOT_DATASETS area of the script to get accomplish what you're
trying to do.
On Wed,
On Mar 9, 2016 4:04 PM, "Miroslav Lachman" <000.f...@quip.cz> wrote:
>
> Roger Marquis wrote on 03/10/2016 00:36:
>>
>> Wondering if anyone has example patches for zfsboot (from
>> usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts)?
>>
>> We're looking to change some of the default zfs subvolumes, removing
/usr in
>> fa
> I no nothing about this script but if you want /usr/local as ZFS
> filesystem, then you need to create parent (/usr in this case) and you
> can use property canmount=off plus different 'mountpoint' (for example
> /mnt/usr) to not mount /usr over existing directory on root filesystem.
Exactly, bu
Roger Marquis wrote on 03/10/2016 00:36:
Wondering if anyone has example patches for zfsboot (from
usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts)?
We're looking to change some of the default zfs subvolumes, removing /usr in
favor of /usr/local in particular, and have run into a "parent does not exist"
issue. It'
Wondering if anyone has example patches for zfsboot (from
usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts)?
We're looking to change some of the default zfs subvolumes, removing /usr in
favor of /usr/local in particular, and have run into a "parent does not exist"
issue. It's not clear where in the script the /usr pa
