[oi-dev] [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] zpool create on specified GPT partition

[Atiq Rahman]

Hello Stephan,
> now i just swap the boot discs. Its far easier.... additional boot disc
(128-512 gb?)


Are you using them on a desktop PC or on a server setup? For what purposes
do you use OI?


Cheers!

Atiq


On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM Stephan Althaus via oi-dev <
oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:

> On 8/16/25 07:50, Atiq Rahman wrote:
>
> > FreeBSD has switched around the terms “slice” and “partition”. They are
> using “slice" for fdisk/mbr case and “partition” for everything else.
> Thank you for sharing the fun fact!
>
> Hi all!
>
> Just to share my humble opinion..
>
> Partitioning is a point where i had my 'problems', too. These slices never
> really burnt in my mind, ('slice 2 is whole disc' - why no. 2??)
>
> Especially for new users without solarish bachground a tool that is 'like
> fdisk' would be handy - i really don't like format and fdisk cause i don't
> really know what they do :-/
>
> On OI we have "parted", "gdisk" and "cgdisk" which are sort of this, for
> 'modern' GPT disc labels.
> That's really great. With UEFI working now flawlessly i don't need
> anything else anymore.
>
> For me, i now use UFEI boot using whoe disc, in one case i did
> pre-partinioning to create a pool that is smaller than whole disc for later
> mirroing..,
>  and zfs pools with 'whole disc' devices.
>
>
> ~10 years ago i battled with dual boot setups, now i just swap the boot
> discs. Its far easier.
> These some € more for additional boot disc (128-512 gb?) really free spare
> time to create something more productive.
>
>
> Just my 2 cents,
>
> Stephan
>
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