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Is the FreeBSD ZFS block device readable on Linux?
Before you assume that a FreeBSD ZFS block device is actually readable on Linux, please learn about compatibility of ZFS between operating systems. For example, ZFS is not always compatible between ZFS and Solaris. And in general, if you are moving a ZFS device between places, learn about the import and export commands of ZFS.
How can I override the default mount point in ZFS?
You can override the default mount point by using the zfs setcommand to set the mountpointproperty to a specific path. ZFS automatically creates the specified mount point, if needed, and automatically mounts the associated file system.
How to manage ZFS files in Oracle Solaris?
1. Oracle Solaris ZFS File System (Introduction) 2. Getting Started With Oracle Solaris ZFS 3. Oracle Solaris ZFS and Traditional File System Differences 4. Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS Storage Pools 5. Managing ZFS Root Pool Components 6. Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS File Systems Managing ZFS File Systems (Overview)
How are ZFS file systems mounted at boot time?
All ZFS file systems are mounted by ZFS at boot time by using the Service Management Facility’s (SMF) svc://system/filesystem/local service. File systems are mounted under /path, where path is the name of the file system. You can override the default mount point by using the zfs set command to set the mountpoint property to a specific path.
How can I access the ZFS file system?
So basically first import the ZFS pool and provide a valid mountpoint (normally /mnt should do fine) using zpool (8), this should normally make the whole structure accessible. If needed then you can use the zfs (8) command to mount / access the individual file systems.
How to mount a ZFS partition in zpool?
Because /mnt is a commonly used mountpoint this leads us to: # zpool import -fR /mnt zroot. After that you should be able to access your filesystem (s) in /mnt. However… there is more to this story: A normal filesystem doesn’t know where it should be mounted in an hierarchy, this is only determined by /etc/fstab (or the individual mount command).
What’s the difference between ZFS Mount and Mount-T ZFS?
If this were a FreeBSD system (which it isn’t), then the normal answer would not be mount -t zfs …, but zfs mount …. Huge difference. In particular, the arguments are different: The mount commands wants two arguments, the block device name and the mount point (a directory).