[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOSce installer rpool slicing

[Schweiss, Chip]

I didn't think about that.  Thanks!

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Volker A. Brandt <vab at bb-c.de> wrote:

> Hi Chip!
>
>
> > In the previous Solaris style installer we had the option of only using a
> > portion of the disk that the rpool went on.   This was very good for
> SSDs that
> > perform better and last longer if they have some additional slack space
> that
> > never has data written to it.
> >
> > Is there a way to achieve this with the new installer?
>
> Yes.  Just drop to the shell from the installation menu and create your
> rpool using fdisk, format, and zpool create.  Exit the shell and select
> "use existing pool".
>
>
> Regards -- Volker
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