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Lundman at 08:37, 12 March 2019

2019-03-12T08:37:14Z

2019-03-12T08:34:53Z

‎Windows Drive letters

2019-03-12T08:24:26Z

Created page with " == Windows Drive letters == There is a new dataset property called '''IhaveNoIdea'''"

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== Windows Drive letters ==

There is a new dataset property called '''IhaveNoIdea'''

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           driveletter     YES       NO   off | on | A-Z
-By default, the value of '''driveletter''' is '''-''', which means
+By default, the value of '''driveletter''' is '''"-"''', which means
   If pool's root dataset:  driveletter = on

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	== Windows Drive letters ==		== Windows Drive letters ==

−	There is a new dataset property called '''~~IhaveNoIdea~~'''	+	There is a new dataset property called '''driveletter'''
		+
		+	driveletter YES NO off \| on \| A-Z
		+
		+	By default, the value of '''driveletter''' is '''-''', which means
		+
		+	If pool's root dataset: driveletter = on
		+	If other dataset: driveletter = off
		+
		+	$ ./zfs.exe mount
		+	tank E:\
		+	tank/lower tank/lower
		+
		+	This effectively means the pool itself will get the first available driveletter, for example, '''E:''', and a lower
		+	dataset will be mounted inside the pool. '''E:/lower'''.
		+
		+	If the root's dataset is set to '''driveletter = off''' it will mount the pool inside your default OS volume.
		+
		+	zfs set driveletter=off tank
		+	zpool export tank
		+	zpool import tank
		+	zfs mount
		+	tank C:\tank
		+
		+	If a lower dataset is set to '''driveletter = on''' it will also get a driveletter. The pool is assumed to be '''on''' here.
		+
		+	zfs set driveletter=on tank/lower
		+	zpool export tank
		+	zpool import tank
		+	zfs mount
		+	tank E:\
		+	tank/lower F:\
		+
		+	You can also explicitly set a driveletter, by using '''driveletter=A-Z'''
		+
		+	zfs set driveletter=Z tank
		+	zpool export tank
		+	zpool import tank
		+	zfs mount
		+	tank Z:\