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mouseman

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From: Outta nowhere

Registered: 2014-04-04

Posts: 291

[Solved] Can I use systemd-boot with root on zfs?

Solution is simple, found out by trying it out:

options zfs=poolname rw

I'm testing this in a virtual machine to see if I can implement it on my main PC.

I've basically completed the entire install but I'm stuck on the 'options' line in loader/entries/arch.conf. On the systemd-boot wiki page it gives the different options, including 'root='. But on the install arhc on zfs page it says 'zfs=bootfs or zfs=zroot so the system can boot from ZFS. The root and rootfstype parameters are not needed. '

Maybe systemd-boot can't work with a root on ZFS, I'm not sure. But if it does, what are the correct options I need to include in arch.conf?

Thanks.

Last edited by mouseman (2016-04-11 14:11:20)

NVS

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Registered: 2007-12-30

Posts: 29

Re: [Solved] Can I use systemd-boot with root on zfs?

I know you've marked this as solved, but definitely check out:

$ mkinitcpio -H zfs

On the wiki page you reference, 'zroot' refers to the name of the pool that is being used, nothing more.