> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 08:07:59PM -0800, Vahid > Moghaddasi wrote: > > > > Why would I ever need to specify ZFS mount(s) in > /etc/vfstab at all? I > > see it in some documents that zfs can be defined in > /etc/vfstab with > > fstype zfs. > > > > Besides legacy scripts or environments, this also may > be required if you > want to place a system directory (/var, /usr, etc) on > a separate ZFS > dataset. This is because normal ZFS datasets do not > get mounted as part > of filesystem/minimal, but as part of > filesystem/local. It's possible > to scan for such datasets earlier, but given the > workaround of using > legacy mounts, it hasn't been high priority. > > I never created /var or /usr under ZFS so I guess if I do so, then I need to put them in vfstab to make them mount before other ZFS or while in single user. I believe this will apply to any FS that I need to mount during filesystem/local mounts. I can't think any situation in our environment that I will need to use vfstab to mount ZFS. Thank you all, Vahid. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
