by Cao | Jul 1, 2016 | bhyve, Blog, ZFS
In his article about “Elegantly-simple multibooting and OS upgrades with ZFS Boot Environments and bhyve”, Michael Dexter describes how he uses OpenZFS boot environments to not only make it stay current with FreeBSD 11 snapshots, but also to boot new boot...
by Cao | Jun 3, 2016 | ZFS
User eerielinux follows up on the earlier article (Setting up a FreeBSD/OpenBSD dual-boot with full disk encryption), using ZFS on root on the installation in this instance. Check out their findings in the link below. In the previous post I wrote about how to get a...
by Cao | May 27, 2016 | Blog, ZFS
Check out this lengthy review of FreeBSD 10.3’s features by user Jesse Smith. For those interested in trying out FreeBSD 10.3, he discusses the boot environment, Linux compatibility layer, FreeBSD jails, and more. See the link below to read his full review....
by Cao | Apr 22, 2016 | Print, ZFS
Michael W Lucas, critically acclaimed author of many BSD books, introduces the long awaited FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS co-written by Allan Jude. This book is the follow-up to FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, which released last year. ZFS improves everything about systems...
by Cao | Mar 4, 2016 | FreeBSD Foundation, ZFS
Check out this post from the FreeBSD Foundation, regarding ZFS. There is also a lengthy discussion on ycombinator regarding the licensing issues surrounding the filesystem. ZFS has been making headlines lately, so it seems like the right time to talk about the...
by Cao | Jan 27, 2016 | Bootloader, ZFS
This revision (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=293001) by Allan Jude added ZFS Boot Environment support to the FreeBSD bootloader, allowing users to boot their systems to multiple versions of FreeBSD using one zpool. This work has led to...