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[Lennart Karssen <1548310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The Xenial server installation iso (at least as of 2016-02-22) doesn't
contain the zfs-utils package, so the user can't prepare his/her disks
manually for ZFS during installation.

While installing ZFS may not be something to be done through the
installer allowing an (advanced) user the option to pop to a console and
configure ZFS nonetheless seems like a good idea (for example as it will
allow installing root on ZFS, see e.g. https://github.com/zfsonlinux
/pkg-zfs/wiki/HOWTO-install-Ubuntu-16.04-to-a-Native-ZFS-Root-
Filesystem).

Currently I do see a btrfs-tools udeb package in /pool/main on the iso,
but no zfs-utils package.

As a side note, the zfs kernel module is included in the iso, so running
modprobe zfs works, a parted udeb is available, so we're more than
halfway there ;-).

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: zfs

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Title:
  [ZFS] zfs-utils missing during server install

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Xenial server installation iso (at least as of 2016-02-22) doesn't
  contain the zfs-utils package, so the user can't prepare his/her disks
  manually for ZFS during installation.

  While installing ZFS may not be something to be done through the
  installer allowing an (advanced) user the option to pop to a console
  and configure ZFS nonetheless seems like a good idea (for example as
  it will allow installing root on ZFS, see e.g.
  https://github.com/zfsonlinux/pkg-zfs/wiki/HOWTO-install-
  Ubuntu-16.04-to-a-Native-ZFS-Root-Filesystem).

  Currently I do see a btrfs-tools udeb package in /pool/main on the
  iso, but no zfs-utils package.

  As a side note, the zfs kernel module is included in the iso, so
  running modprobe zfs works, a parted udeb is available, so we're more
  than halfway there ;-).

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