[zfs-discuss] etc on separate pool

2010-01-22 Thread Alexander
Is it possible to have /etc on separate zfs pool in OpenSolaris? The purpose is to have rw non-persistent main pool and rw persistent /etc... I've tried to make legacy etcpool/etc file system and mount it in /etc/vfstab... Is it possible to extend boot-archive in such a way that it include most

Re: [zfs-discuss] etc on separate pool

2010-01-22 Thread Chris Ridd
On 22 Jan 2010, at 08:55, Alexander wrote: Is it possible to have /etc on separate zfs pool in OpenSolaris? The purpose is to have rw non-persistent main pool and rw persistent /etc... I've tried to make legacy etcpool/etc file system and mount it in /etc/vfstab... Is it possible to

Re: [zfs-discuss] etc on separate pool

2010-01-22 Thread Alexander
Is it possible to extend boot-archive in such a way that it include most of the files necessary for mounting /etc from separate pool? Have someone tried such configurations? What does the live CD do? I'm not sure that it is the same configuration, but maybe it is quite similar... LiveCD

Re: [zfs-discuss] etc on separate pool

2010-01-22 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Alexander, I'm not sure about the OpenSolaris release specifically, but for the SXCE and Solaris 10 releases, we provide this requirement: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-2271/zfsboot-1?a=view * Solaris OS Components – All subdirectories of the root file system that are part of the OS

Re: [zfs-discuss] etc on separate pool

2010-01-22 Thread Lori Alt
On 01/22/10 01:55, Alexander wrote: Is it possible to have /etc on separate zfs pool in OpenSolaris? The purpose is to have rw non-persistent main pool and rw persistent /etc... I've tried to make legacy etcpool/etc file system and mount it in /etc/vfstab... Is it possible to extend