Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:45:51 -0400 (EDT) From: freebsd@fongaboo.com To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS-on-Root method Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406121845190.90798@helix.wtfayla.net> In-Reply-To: <53993B93.4060300@freebsd.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406110303030.90798@helix.wtfayla.net> <CAF6rxgk7K3LEcEvFQ2dgv37L56m8k__vyjHrc9ncWL-RrrZNFA@mail.gmail.com> <53993B93.4060300@freebsd.org>
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Thanks! BTW your ZFS tutorial on BSDNow is excellent! On Thu, 12 Jun 2014, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2014-06-12 00:34, Eitan Adler wrote: >> I think you meant Allan. He was teaching me ZFS stuff too :) >> >> On 11 June 2014 00:05, <freebsd@fongaboo.com> wrote: >>> >>> I believe when we chatted, you noted that you wrote the ZFS-on-Root option >>> in the FreeBSD installer. Can you tell me which of these methods it uses? >>> >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/UFSBoot >>> >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition >>> >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> shot through the heart ooh baby do you know what that's worth >>> and you're to blame ooh heaven is a place on earth >>> darling you give love they say in heaven love comes first >>> a bad name we'll make heaven a place on earth >>> ORBITAL "Halcyon Live" >>> >> >> >> > > It uses a heavily modified version of this: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE > > The method it uses is not recreated explicitly on the wiki, as it has a > number of variables, especially the newer version in head that offers > encrypted and/or mirrored swap as well. > > If you are interested in how it works, you can read the source code here: > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot?view=markup > > -- > Allan Jude > >
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