On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Dick Hoogendijk <d...@nagual.nl> wrote:
> ** > Op 23-6-2011 9:35 schreef Valentin Bud: > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Dick Hoogendijk <d...@nagual.nl> wrote: > >> OK, it works very well. Installing a ZFS FreeBSD system with an ufs /boot >> is very very easy using the PC-BSD DVD. >> However, I have one question: >> >> I'd like to install FreeBSD (pcbsd) on a (zfs) mirror >> In OpenSolaris you can install directly to the zfs mirror, but how's this >> in this situation> After all, an UFS partitin is also created. How can I get >> the equivalent of an OpenSolaris mirrored install for a FreeBSD system? >> >> Hope I phrased the question clearly enough. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > > Hello Community, > > Like others said in their answer to your question, you don't have to put > /boot on UFS, just go with root on ZFS. > If you would like speed when installing the system I recommend mfsBSD - > http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/. As pointed out > in the web page there is a script (zfsinstall) that does all the work for > you. It does all the steps described in the > wiki - http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror. > > If you want to gain knowledge about the process of installing FreeBSD > with root on ZFS then go with the wiki > article. Using mfsBSD I install a 8.2-STABLE custom system in under 5 > seconds. That's pretty neat :). > > OK, I tried mfsbsd. I had the iso loaded at ata1 master and freebsd-8.2-dvd > as ata1 slave. > I booted my VM; mfsbsd came up fine. I mounted my fbsd dvd drive on /cdrom > and tried to run the zfsinstall script. Alas, it refuses.. It can't find the > (needed!) 8.2-RELEASE.???tgz file It does not exist. There is only a > directory 8.2-RELEASE (on DVD as well as on CDROM ). Question: is this a bug > in zfsinstall script? > How do I work around it? > > Hello Community, You don't need any other CD/DVD to install from. The 8.2-RELEASE.tar.gz file is on the mfsBSD iso. You have to mount it to /cdrom and you can use zfsinstall script that comes with mfsBSD to do a root on ZFS install of FreeBSD. I outline the steps: 0. Download http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/iso/mfsbsd-se-8.2-amd64.iso. 1. Boot mfsBSD. No other disk needed to install FreeBSD on root. 2. # mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom (change acd0 with your local CD/DVD drive). 3. # *zfsinstall -d ad0 -t /cdrom/8.2-RELEASE-amd64.tar.xz* -s 4G - change the drive and swap partition size according to your needs. You might wanna check the options of zfsinstall script, it has quite some nice ones, see -h flag of the command. Have a great day, v -- network warrior _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
