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ZFS Mac and linux

Postby livilynx » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:51 am

Hi everybody!!

I've thought about install Mac OS and ArchLinux in dual boot on ZFS.
With a third partition to share my home directory.

Do you think it's possible?
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Re: ZFS Mac and linux

Postby ilovezfs » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:10 am

OS X cannot be installed on ZFS, if that's what you were planning.

In any event, OpenZFS on OS X is compatible with ZFS on Linux, so yes you can use the same zpool on OS X and Linux.
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Re: ZFS Mac and linux

Postby livilynx » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:45 am

Thanks for this fast response.
I'll just share the same zpool between Arch and Mac OS
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Re: ZFS Mac and linux

Postby ilovezfs » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:47 am

livilynx wrote:Thanks for this fast response.
I'll just share the same zpool between Arch and Mac OS

You're welcome.

Be sure to follow the instructions here:
https://openzfsonosx.org/wiki/Zpool#Creating_a_pool
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Re: ZFS Mac and linux

Postby livilynx » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:17 am

Hi again.
Do you know if there is an issue if I crypt my home partition?
Because I will use LUKS or FileVault.
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Re: ZFS Mac and linux

Postby ilovezfs » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:43 am

livilynx wrote:Hi again.
Do you know if there is an issue if I crypt my home partition?
Because I will use LUKS or FileVault.

You are aware that OS X cannot read or write LUKS, and Linux cannot read or write FileVault, right?
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Re: ZFS Mac and linux

Postby livilynx » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:31 am

It is what I expected. Too bad
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