[oi-dev] Install OpenIndiana into existing zfs pool on a GPT partition

[Atiq Rahman]

Hi,

I tested the latest image of OI hipster (version 10-26). This features is still not

available with the installer.



Best,

Atiq




On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM Toomas Soome via oi-dev < mailto:oi-dev at openindiana.org > wrote:

> tbh, the OI installer really should support using GPT partition next to whole disk setup option (and perhaps the MBR related setup should be hidden behind “advanced” or “historical setup” page;)

>

> But this means work to improve the installer and is OI specific, not related to illumos-gate.

>

> rgds,

> toomas

>

> > On 20. Aug 2025, at 21:52, John D Groenveld via illumos-discuss < mailto:discuss at lists.illumos.org > wrote:

> >

> > In message <CABC65rM0=m__ZQbWVHzFLJCcnfFvBZXmxWiJ+HL6FjA73k= mailto:C_Q at mail.gmail.com >

> > , Atiq Rahman writes:

> >> After I installed OI via "F5_InstallToExistingPool" and I booted into it

> >> from the internal disk it kept defaulting to maintenance mode and it didn't

> >> set the password I specified on the installer (as I mentioned in previous

> >> email). So, did it miss most of the steps for installation and generating

> >> the filesystem etc?

> >

> > I can't reproduce.

> > Try again and record all of your steps.

> > <URL: https://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/getting-started/#install-openindiana-to-existing-zfs-pool >
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