Installing Debian with ZFS

This page is outdated.

Direct install

See https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/wiki/HOWTO-install-Debian-GNU-Linux-to-a-Native-ZFS-Root-Filesystem

Install and Convert

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To install Debian from scratch with ZFS, the basic steps are:

• Install a base system the normal way, or from my ZFS Rescue Disc.
• Convert it to ZFS

See also

ZFS on Linux

Links to this note

• ZFS Rescue Disc

This page may be dated. In particular, ZFS can now be installed atop the Debian live CD images.

• Converting an Existing Linux Installation to ZFS

This page may be dated.

• ZFS on Linux

This is about running ZFS on Linux and Debian.