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ZFS installer is a shell script program that fully prepares ZFS on a system, and allows an effortless installation of several Ubuntu-based operating systems using their standard installer (or debootstrap, or any custom script).
- [Status](#status)
- [Requirements and functionality](#requirements-and-functionality)
- [Comparison with Ubuntu built-in installer](#comparison-with-ubuntu-built-in-installer)
- [Instructions](#instructions)
- [Ubuntu Server](#ubuntu-server)
- [Stability](#stability)
- [Demo](#demo)
- [Unsupported systems/Issues](#unsupported-systemsissues)
- [Unattended installations](#unattended-installations)
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- [Help](#help)
- [Credits](#credits)
## Status
**WARNING: THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD, AND IT'S NOT STABLE ANYMORE**
Working on this type of program is extremely time consuming, for a few reasons:
1. installers are sometimes updated (even within the same Ubuntu patch version), breaking the program in unpredictable ways;
2. the problem above is compounded by different distros having minor differences in configuration, which again, break the program;
3. it's not possible to automate the testing without a considerably sophisticated tool (which should, in theory, perform the operations on the Ubiquity GUI; this is also impossible for Ubuntu Server); while debootstrap installations can be programmatically tested, the bulk of the bugs are related to the GUI installer
4. I'm the only developer actively working on the project; the ZFS are collaborating with Canonical, and, while the outcome is highly desirable for ZFS, it makes manual execution the only option for even minor customization
Therefore, I'm closing this project. I may keep developing in order to support my home installation, but I can't give any guarantee.
I'm open to PR, though.
## Requirements and functionality
The program currently supports:
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then follow the instructions.
## Stability
The project is carefully developed, however, it's practically impossible to guarantee continuous stability, for two reasons:
1. Linux distributions frequently apply small changes to their installers, even on the same distribution version,
1. automated testing is not feasible; although debootstrap installations could be automated, the bulk of the work is related to the installers, which can't be automated without sophisticated GUI automation,
1. testing is time consuming, so it can be performed on a limited amount of distros at a time.
Errors due to installer will cause the script to terminate, so, generally speaking, if the script completes, the system has been successfully setup.
## Demo
![Demo](/demo/demo.gif?raw=true)