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

[Stephan Althaus]

On 8/16/25 11:21, Atiq Rahman wrote:
> 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
>
Hi!


I have a laptop as my daily workstation, running OI with GUI, nvidia 
m1200 buildtin.
I use standard apps like firefox, librewolf, thunderbird, gimp, 
libreoffice, ...
For my remote work i have a VBox vm which acts as my Window into the 
company's vpn which has 'some' requirements.


I have a primergy server with gui-less OI and zones for my private cloud 
services (synchronized EMail, family calendar, Photos, ...)


I have a 3rd workstation where i use the swap disc solution where i use 
and test some bhyve with GPU passthrough configurations, now merely 
between FreeBSD and OI and SmartOS... (no success on illumos with win 
guest yet)
i thought of having a MacOS vm for my private photo editing, but didn't 
got so far..


I really like the Boot Environments, so you call always go back if 
theres some issue (try that on linux/win)
Second, is illumos its bomb stable, and the OI maintainers do an 
impressive job on keeping all packages clean and on current versions...

i whish i had more time to spend on OI contributing.. Contributing here 
is really easy, at least when you've done it 2-3 times: fork->local 
clone->branch->change->commit->push->PR ... But i have done not more 
than more than a few veeery simple Version upgrades...


Regards,
Stephan

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