Re: NFS alternatives (was: Re: Storage overhead on zvols)

2017-12-06 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> Hi all, > > > Am 05.12.2017 um 17:41 schrieb Rodney W. Grimes > > : > > In effect what your asking for is what NFS does, so use NFS and get > > over the fact that this is the way to get what you want. Sure you > > could implement a virt-vfs but I wonder how

Re: NFS alternatives

2017-12-06 Thread Paul Vixie
Adam Vande More wrote: ... Like this? https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-ggate.html yes, that'd be fine. if i used NFS i'd have to run lockd. -- P Vixie ___ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Recovering an ZFS vm

2017-12-06 Thread Paul Webster via freebsd-virtualization
Or as an alternative that just come to mind if your just wanting to 'save the system' boot the gentoo live DVD from the UEFI loader, that will get you a live XFS supportive shell you can then setup basic networking from and sync your important stuff elsewhere On 6 December 2017 at 09:04, Paul

Re: Recovering an ZFS vm

2017-12-06 Thread Paul Webster via freebsd-virtualization
if you can get to a system that is running the same kernel, you could build A compativle kernel with xfs in it and what not, stick it on a small '/boot' of your own and include that on your bhyve line, so the kernel is booted and then it mounts your existing system On 6 December 2017 at 05:50,