It might be possible to setup Linux with ZFS, create a zpool (1 disk might be 
enough for the transfer) and copy over the bpc pool. Export that zpool, setup 
FreeBSD and import the zpool.

Make sure you have plenty of ram as ZFS works better the more ram it has.

/P

> On 14 Mar 2016, at 02:11, Brad Alexander <storm16 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> I'm getting kinda frustrated with the entire systemd thing on linux,. So what 
> I'm wondering is what the procedure is (if it is possible) to convert the OS 
> from Linux to FreeBSD, and converting the base filesystem to ZFS, preferably 
> without losing my pool. The hardware in question is a Dell PE1850. If I'm 
> going to use ZFS, I will convert the RAID 5 array to JBOD. Any other sage 
> advice from folks running backuppc on FreeBSD?
> 
> As I type this, I suspect I am going to lose my pool, so I should probably 
> archive the older backups. Is there any way to re-import them into the pool 
> after the conversion is done?
> 
> Thanks,
> --b
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