Arch Linux

Contents

• Arch Linux Root on ZFS

Support

Reach out to the community using the Mailing Lists or IRC at #zfsonlinux on Libera Chat.

If you have a bug report or feature request related to this HOWTO, please file a new issue and mention @ne9z.

Overview

Due to license incompatibility, ZFS is not available in Arch Linux official repo.

ZFS support is provided by third-party archzfs repo.

Installation

See Archlinux Wiki.

Root on ZFS

ZFS can be used as root file system for Arch Linux. An installation guide is available.

• Arch Linux Root on ZFS

Contribute

1. Fork and clone this repo.

2. Install the tools:

   sudo pacman -S --needed python-pip make
   
   pip3 install -r docs/requirements.txt
   
   # Add ~/.local/bin to your "${PATH}", e.g. by adding this to ~/.bashrc:
   [ -d "${HOME}"/.local/bin ] && export PATH="${HOME}"/.local/bin:"${PATH}"
   

3. Make your changes.

4. Test:

   cd docs
   make html
   sensible-browser _build/html/index.html
   

5. git commit --signoff to a branch, git push, and create a pull request. Mention @ne9z.