[OpenIndiana-discuss] Options for a root filesystem

[Rennie Allen]

+1 what Jay says.

Also, I don't think that dropping to mdb is all that painful.  It is one
of the best debuggers around.



On 6/26/12 4:09 PM, "Jay Heyl" <jay at frelled.us> wrote:

>On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Vishwas Durai
><vishwasd at arkologic.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I'm wondering what options are available for root filesystem in OI? By
>> default,  install  uses ZFS and creates a rpool. But If I'm a ZFS hacker
>> and made some changes to some core structures, how does one go about
>> debugging that? Is dropping to kmdb and debugging the only available
>> (painful) option?
>
>
>Trust me, you do NOT want to be modifying the file system code used on
>your
>live system. Leave your base system running with the release code and use
>a
>virtual machine as your sand box. Actually, use a COPY of a nicely
>configured virtual machine. If you mess up, correcting your mistake is a
>simple matter of making another copy of the virtual machine. Unless you
>enjoy installing/restoring your development machine...
>
>  -- Jay
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