<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>> You can create your single illumos partition on OI as well, it does not have to be a whole disk setup.</div><div><br></div>Yep, I would prefer to create the pool using an OI live image. So, I created a new partition from mkpart using latest parted from a linux system for this purpose,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>parted > mkpart illumos 767GB 100%</div><div><br></div><div>and then set the partition type to solaris launching,</div><div><br></div><div><div><code class="gmail-listtype-code gmail-listindent1 gmail-list-code1 gmail-lang-sql"><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qovvz79zvrz83ztoxeg9z71zxaez67zz79zxz83zz69zj4z83zvmz76zz69zz69zz78z1m">$ sudo gdisk /dev/nvme0n1</span></code></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>(set the GUID to "6A85CF4D-1DD2-11B2-99A6-080020736631" )</div><div><br></div><div>I booted using OI live gui image (flashed / created it using 07-23 live usb image from test dir under hipster),</div><div>Time to kill the switch!</div><div>I see that parted can list all the partitions and format can list some. However, not all of them were listed under /dev/dsk or /dev/rdsk I could only see p0 to p4 (I guess illumos skipped the linux partitions).</div><div><br></div><div>However, when I applied 'zpool create zfs_main /dev/rdsk/c2t0xxxxxxxxxxd0p4 it reported no such file or directory! Tried various versions of `zpool create`, nothing would succeed!</div><div><br></div><div>Wondering if this is some nvme storage support / enumeration issue.</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><a name="m_-8625191919007213837_m_1462488108984218533_m_-1001365980390907848_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto">Atiq</span></a></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM Toomas Soome via illumos-discuss <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.illumos.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.illumos.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br id="m_-8625191919007213837m_1462488108984218533m_-1001365980390907848m_-4107483713430013065lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 13. Aug 2025, at 09:29, Stephan Althaus via illumos-discuss <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.illumos.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.illumos.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">On 8/13/25 04:17, Atiq Rahman wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Copying this to illumos discussion as well if anyone else knows.</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From:<span> </span><strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Atiq Rahman</strong><span> </span><span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:atiqcx@gmail.com" target="_blank">atiqcx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM<br>Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Installation on a partition (UEFI System)<br>To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana <<a href="mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org" target="_blank">openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org</a>><br>Cc: John D Groenveld <<a href="mailto:groenveld@acm.org" target="_blank">groenveld@acm.org</a>><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>I tried a live usb text installer again. Right after the launch text installer shows following as second option on the bottom of the screen,</div><div> <span> </span><b>F5_InstallToExistingPool</b></div><div><br></div><div>Screenshot is below. If you zoom in, you will see the option at the top of the blue background in the bottom part of the image.</div><div><br></div><div><div><span id="m_-8625191919007213837m_1462488108984218533m_-1001365980390907848m_-4107483713430013065cid:part1.oFyifSQw.LjgmZfZn@Duedinghausen.eu"><text_install_screen.jpg></span><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Can I partition and create a pool using FreeBSD as you mentioned. And, then use this option to install on that pool. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Note that my system is EFI Only (no legacy / no CSM).</i></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><a name="m_-8625191919007213837_m_1462488108984218533_m_-1001365980390907848_m_-4107483713430013065_m_-6899153283502250586_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto">Sincerely,</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><a name="m_-8625191919007213837_m_1462488108984218533_m_-1001365980390907848_m_-4107483713430013065_m_-6899153283502250586_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto">Atiq</span></a></p><p></p></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM Atiq Rahman <<a href="mailto:atiqcx@gmail.com" target="_blank">atiqcx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,<br>Following up again to request confirmation regarding the "partition the disk" option in the installer.<br><br>At present, it’s impractical for me to carry an external storage device solely for OpenIndiana. With other operating systems, I can safely install and test them on my internal SSD without risking my existing setup. Unfortunately, with OI, this specific limitation and uncertainty are creating unnecessary friction and confusion.<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can create your single illumos partition on OI as well, it does not have to be whole disk setup.</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Could you please confirm the current state of EFI support — specifically, whether it is possible to safely perform a custom-partition installation on an EFI-only system, using a FreeBSD live USB image with the -d option.</div><div><br>Thank you,</div><div>Atiq</div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>yes, it is possible. However, if you intend to share pool with illumos, you need to know the specifics. illumos GPT partition type in FreeBSD is named apple-zfs (its actually the uuid of illumos usr slice from vtoc). FreeBSD boot loader is searching for partition freebsd-zfs to boot the FreeBSD system.</div><div><br></div><div>In general, I’d suggest to use virtualization to get first glimpse of the OS, to learn its details and facts and then attempt to build complicated multi-os/multi boot setups.</div><div><br></div><div>rgds,</div><div>toomas</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM Atiq Rahman <<a href="mailto:atiqcx@gmail.com" target="_blank">atiqcx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi John,</div><div>That's very helpful..</div><div><br></div><div>So, even though I choose "Partition the disk (MBR)" on the text installer, it should work fine on my UEFI System after I set up the pool using FreeBSD live image.</div><div>Right? I get confused since it mentions "MBR" next to it and my System is entirely GPT, no support for legacy / MBR booting at all (no CSM).</div><div><br></div><div>Have a smooth Monday,</div><div><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><a name="m_-8625191919007213837_m_1462488108984218533_m_-1001365980390907848_m_-4107483713430013065_m_-6899153283502250586_m_5011005648119194346_m_3717553944195531222_m_-1226471269521037808_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Roboto">Atiq</span></a></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM John D Groenveld via openindiana-discuss <<a href="mailto:openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org" target="_blank">openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">In message <CABC65rOmBY6YmMSB=HQdXq=<a href="mailto:TDN7d1XR%2BK8m9-__RQPBzhJZeMQ@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">TDN7d1XR+K8m9-__RQPBzhJZeMQ@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>, Atiq Rahman writes:<br>>Most likely, I am gonna go with this. It's been a while since I last had a<br>>Solaris machine. I have to figure out the zpool stuff.<br><br>If you create the pool for OI under FreeBSD, you'll likely need to<br>disable features with the -d option as FreeBSD's ZFS is more feature<br>rich.<br><URL:<a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool-create&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool-create&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html</a>><br><br>Once you get OI installed on your OI pool, you can enable features:<br><URL:<a href="https://illumos.org/man/7/zpool-features" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://illumos.org/man/7/zpool-features</a>><br><br>John<br><a href="mailto:groenveld@acm.org" target="_blank">groenveld@acm.org</a><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Hello!</p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">You can install to an existing pool created with FreeBSD, be shure to use the option "-d" as "zpool create -d <newpool> <partition> " to disable additional ZFS features, see Details here:</p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool-create&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports" target="_blank">https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool-create&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports</a></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">And an EFI partition should be there, too.</p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">HTH,</p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Stephan</p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote></div><br><div id="m_-8625191919007213837m_1462488108984218533m_-1001365980390907848m_-4107483713430013065topicbox-footer" style="margin:10px 0px 0px;border-top:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-right-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-bottom-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border-left-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.15);padding:7px 0px">
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