On 8 Dec 2015, at 20:27, Avi Deitcher wrote: > I followed Nahum's previous email suggestion, went through the standard > install process, entered network, etc. information. > > When it wanted to install a zpool on my entire c0t0d0, I went manual, > created the zpool 'zones' on just the partitions I wanted, then exited the > shell. > > I got the standard confirmation screen (Net, MAC, DNS, Hostname, NTP, > etc.), but it also says "all data on the disks will be erased." > > How do I ensure that it is going to wipe out only the data on the slices > provided to the zpool 'zones', and not the entire disk? > > Lots of data on lots of partitions that I do not want it to ruin.... > > Thanks in advance.
Possibly not very helpful, but when I created my first SmartOS installation I could get away with pulling the physical disks which held the pool I wished to keep (created under OmniOS). Yes I could have restored the data, but it had taken a good 12 hours to get it there in the first place. Is that a possibility for you? -- Paul Sture ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
