zfs discuss - Nov 2008 - [osol-help] How to install to OpenSolaris on ZFS and leaving /export untouched?

[i]Is there a current Linux distro that actually configures itself so
this can happen? Most of the ones I''ve seen don''t bother.[/i]

Mike, does ''Debian'' or ''Ubuntu'' ring a bell?
Both cater for this situation in the text based installer. And surely a few
more, that I only haven''t tried.
I *am* disappointed, this is so obvious to do. And is so obvious a feature
needed and useful. [At times I really question the vision of higher management
in SUN. Having great engineers doing the groundwork often is not enough for
business survival.]

[i]Whether any of the
current installation scripts are smart enough to let you do so is
another question.[/i]

What do you mean with ''smart''? I would be even more
disheartened if ZFS could only either distroy and recreate a whole pool. Does
ZFS not allow to simply dump files to all but a single location, rpool/export?
Take heed, I don''t talk about *creating* a pool and leaving parts of an
old one untouched.
I only talk about adding two hooks to the installer script:
One that allows the user to keep the existing filesystem/pool for the new
installation (and skip the creation), and one that skips the eventual writing of
data into /export/home.

Uwe
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