From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 04:37:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5869110656A8 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:37:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB1CB8FC08 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:37:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm4 with SMTP id 4so3400611fxm.13 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:37:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=b7JbuwvpbrQ1sFMd6SabIvtpZ6mqdjzROgCp5r0lLWE=; b=YjKHgAYGTvsLI2ztd+x0NrO6bUYum+RbBlMRVBs+hAqCR9i9K4UG6nXh1GJ3Yk7rqK S/uQxEOQK2zXvmYFaphucj9qihs7QcmIRN+9TjGCWvGNsYhzFxQlATq22dz1lmLr3cZC uwDTsxpSnp6qdQ2EinWNg3LyRmAFzj9gRAnuk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=u/2Py2EEEWkoJcGdG1s3Emyp6O8q1Byoh7PguPlxe/tXaHMvOWxdg1dlj1jQkN251R Dbo3QedimwKfgTGPa9yePPDIjwwTZKP0XlV2wYSne1hraubuSxWLLTtPR53M/ntSH0RI GM0cPS21cuG8Of8ws7lqHqo8TVH9pysymxk1E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.118.69 with SMTP id u5mr2978792faq.32.1284352659897; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:37:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.57.20 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:37:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4c8da53d.pPK/NzHAHPlQPOfh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4c83190a.SG+LIhPWaGtmaaeL%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C835474.7060707@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c8487cc.Rh42YL91jTIv09e0%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4c84ce46.sHyLaI+H+UzM+J/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4c8c5260.+COCCpHgloxRSY2/%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C8CD2A4.3020203@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c8da53d.pPK/NzHAHPlQPOfh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:37:39 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall vs gmirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:37:41 -0000 On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:14 PM, wrote: > The part I don't know how to do is partitioning gm0 by hand. > (I suppose it would require some sort of arcane incantations > involving bsdlabel.) For all its limitations, sysinstall > seems at least to know how to translate a reasonably human- > readable representation of the desired slice and partition > layout into the necessary fdisk and bsdlabel commands. > I don't know of any exact howto, but the general principles are laid out here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror It shows how to load geom modules from usb stick, once they are loaded you can then setup geom, Next fdisk/gpart accordingly(don't forget to make it bootable). If your setup if GPT compatible, I recommend using it. IMO, it's significantly more straightforward than the old mbr style. once you've got your partitions setup the way you want, create your filesystems and use the instrustions on the page to extract the distrobution on to them. Obviously they need to be mounted for this to occur, so adapt the example to your own use. Note, I've never tried to boot from a gjournaled geom, but I think it will work. -- Adam Vande More