`<div dir="ltr">I didn't think about that. Thanks!<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Volker A. Brandt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vab@bb-c.de" target="_blank">vab@bb-c.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Chip!<br>
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> In the previous Solaris style installer we had the option of only using a<br>
> portion of the disk that the rpool went on. This was very good for SSDs that<br>
> perform better and last longer if they have some additional slack space that<br>
> never has data written to it. <br>
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> Is there a way to achieve this with the new installer?<br>
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</span>Yes. Just drop to the shell from the installation menu and create your<br>
rpool using fdisk, format, and zpool create. Exit the shell and select<br>
"use existing pool".<br>
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Regards -- Volker<br>
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