Jan 7, 2026
ZFSBootMenu - installing Debian with a desktop environment
I recently installed Debian with ZFSBootMenu, a way to install Linux with ZFS on root that allows for FreeBSD-esque boot environments. However, it is pretty bare bones in the install and installs Debian with debootstrap. This leaves you without a graphical interface, only the root user, and no easy way to connect to a network to install a graphical interface. Here is what I did to avoid these papercuts:
After the step to “ZFS Configuration” (while in chroot), insert these steps:
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