ZFS - How to mount pool as device, not as folder off root

[robbrown99]

Hello, I am migrating to KDE Neon and bringing a ZFS pool with me. On my Mac I had OpenZFS installed.

I installed the latest ZFS https://zfsonlinux.org/ and imported my pool. However rather than importing and have it listed as a separate device (as it does on Mac), it imported as a folder off root on my system disk.

Is there a method of changing the mount point when importing the pool (or doing it after the fact) to make it show up as a device adjacent to my system drive? I can't find anything about this in the import documentation.

Thank you

[howefield]

Thread moved to the "Ubuntu/Debian BASED" forum.

[CharlesA]

Hi, ZFS will always be mounted as a folder, rather than showing up as a device in the GUI.

You can work around it by bookmarking the folder the pool is mounted under and you are able to change the mountpoint via the following command:

sudo zfs set mountpoint=/media/$USER/folder poolname

[robbrown99]

Thanks for the info Charles

I tried relocating as you described, but for some reason I don't see the folder now...

I ran this (no errors)
sudo zfs set mountpoint=/media/rbrown/BigDiskZFS BigDiskZFS

Then I went to the folder and looked for it:
rbrown@rob-macpro:/media/rbrown$ ls
'Macintosh SSD''Recovery HD'


But I only see two other drives in there ^

What am I doing wrong here?

[robbrown99]

OK strange. After exporting, then reimporting, the zpool shows under the media/$USER folder. I guess I fixed it.

rbrown@rob-macpro:/media/rbrown$ ls
BigDiskZFS'Macintosh SSD''Recovery HD'
rbrown@rob-macpro:/media/rbrown$

I also added it as a location in the file manager as a shortcut on the side bar.

Thanks for your help.