On 23/01/2012 20:47, Steven Hartland wrote: >>> In my case, I fixed it by having a separate /boot on some USB sticks -- >>> this was only ever accessed to read the kernel, kernel modules and >>> bootloader at boot time, so no worries over performance. > > Out of interest whats the procedure you used for that Matthew? >
It was basically this: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/UFSBoot but I already had a system installed on the ZFS, so Section 2 of that was pretty much a no-op for me. I built the USB sticks offline, then went into the datacenter with them to revive that server. I can't remember now whether I just had two bootable USB sticks -- one to use, and one as a spare -- or whether I'd made a gmirror from the two. Seeing as they were something like £8 apiece having several on hand was easily justifiable. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: [email protected] Kent, CT11 9PW
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