Originally Posted by
laserburn2
I'm reading on Phoronix that new installer can install zfs on root,
Yes
Originally Posted by
laserburn2
even encryption is supported.
Todays .iso 4-19-2024 encryption is still broken, at least on my end.
Originally Posted by
laserburn2
I believe there is no longer a separate volume for /boot and zsys is out. I have no idea how they implemented zfs on Ubuntu 24.04, do they now use zfsbootmenu or what? If anyone tried new Ubuntu beta or knows more on the subject, I'd appreciate some feedback.
Not Quite:
Code:
inxi -p | grep bpool
logical: bpool/BOOT/ubuntu_ntiqi9
And zsys is still in the repos:
Code:
apt policy zsys
zsys:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 0.5.11.3build1
Version table:
0.5.11.3build1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
Mine in total is laid out like this:
Code:
ID-1: / size: 440.28 GiB used: 4.59 GiB (1.0%) fs: zfs
ID-2: /boot size: 1.75 GiB used: 95.4 MiB (5.3%) fs: zfs
ID-3: /boot/efi size: 1.05 GiB used: 6.1 MiB (0.6%) fs: vfat
ID-4: /home size: 436.11 GiB used: 427 MiB (0.1%) fs: zfs
ID-5: /root size: 435.69 GiB used: 1.1 MiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-6: /srv size: 435.69 GiB used: 128 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-7: /usr/local size: 435.69 GiB used: 128 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-8: /var/games size: 435.69 GiB used: 128 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-9: /var/lib size: 436.76 GiB used: 1.07 GiB (0.2%) fs: zfs
fs: zfs logical: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_ntiqi9/var/lib/AccountsService
fs: zfs logical: rpool/ROOT/ubuntu_ntiqi9/var/lib/NetworkManager
ID-12: /var/lib/apt size: 435.76 GiB used: 70.1 MiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-13: /var/lib/dpkg size: 435.72 GiB used: 37.4 MiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-14: /var/log size: 435.69 GiB used: 4.4 MiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-15: /var/mail size: 435.69 GiB used: 128 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-16: /var/spool size: 435.69 GiB used: 128 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-17: /var/www size: 435.69 GiB used: 128 KiB (0.0%) fs: zfs
ID-18: swap-1 size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Others will vary according to how they install it.