search

openzfs / openzfs-docs

OpenZFS Documentation
https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/
135 stars 194 forks source link

Root on ZFS: mention ZFSBootMenu #467

Closed ghost closed 1 year ago

ghost commented 1 year ago

@ahesford @zdykstra two main developers of ZBM: I hope I have written a neutral description of ZBM. Kudos for developing it.

ghost commented 1 year ago

Good idea.

ahesford commented 1 year ago

I don't really see the value of these additions. Not only is ZFSBootMenu an alternative to GRUB, but it won't tolerate having kernels on a separate filesystem from the root. (Our views on separate boot pools are abundantly clear.) A primary purpose of these guides seems to be to show users how to install distributions with a separate pool for /boot, making them completely moot for users who want to adopt ZFSBootMenu.

If you want to leave a reference to ZFSBootMenu, please change your last sentence ("Refer to their site for installation details.") to something like

However, the filesystem layout proposed in this guide will be incompatible with ZFSBootMenu. Alternative installation guides for several distributions are provided in the ZFSBootMenu documentation.

ghost commented 1 year ago

"Andrew J. Hesford" @.***> writes:

If you want to leave a reference to ZFSBootMenu, please change your last sentence ("Refer to their site for installation details.") to something like

However, the filesystem layout proposed in this guide will be incompatible with ZFSBootMenu. Alternative installation guides for several distributions are provided in the ZFSBootMenu documentation.

Looks good to me.