On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:04:14 +0000 Carsten Mattner via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Or I actually did post it to the list by accident. > > Please don't flame me for mention ZFS boot environments as a technique > available for FOSS servers. > > On 3/12/18, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 3/11/18, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> This was a nightmare. It's not a CD problem, it's a problem with > >> the system > >> seeing the CD Label and/or creating the /dev/disk/by-label > >> directory in time for the link to be created. > > > > Hi David, > > > > so in the end you were able to boot off usb, right? > > > > Also, the nightmare you had to work through can be avoided on > > servers where you run illumos or FreeBSD by way of ZFS boot > > environments (BE). Basically, it's like Windows style snapshots of > > core files you can boot, in case stuff goes south. > > > > I didn't post this to the list, since it mentions ZFS, and that > > alone might get some people pissed off. I don't see why anyone should get pissed off. I mean, ArchZFS[1] is definitely a thing that works reasonably well, and the wiki page[2] specifically mentions boot environments and beadm. ~Celti [1]: https://github.com/archzfs/archzfs [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_Arch_Linux_on_ZFS
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