[OpenIndiana-discuss] newbie questions

[Aurélien Larcher]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Bob Friesenhahn
<bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, Lev wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> 3. Is there any way to install the OS without ZFS?
>>>
>>> Yes. But not via installer and not recomended. Why no ZFS if I may
>>> ask? It's one of the main features of OI.
>>
>>
>> Lack of knowledge? :-) I'm happy with just normal filesystems on the
>> disk. I know ZFS is extra super cool...
>
>
> If you don't plan to add new pools, then ZFS will offer normal filesystems
> on the disk without any attention from you.
>
> If you just have a root pool and it is big enough then you are free to
> ignore that ZFS exists.

But then it would be criminal to ignore boot environments and snapshots ;)

>
> Bob
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