From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 3 23:23:59 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD63D56BF5 for ; Wed, 3 May 2017 23:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ultima1252@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x22b.google.com (mail-yw0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EBB31CE9 for ; Wed, 3 May 2017 23:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ultima1252@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id l18so2155409ywh.3 for ; Wed, 03 May 2017 16:23:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=IRbVDtKocCYMSdwMg5Hd9o/ej/DgYKlzLfUjgPXfhqE=; b=suKF3iWTTe6LSpiy2rBurofrF4WhXyd6oISQfrOMU/RqdADmVEfdAfDgW864wG8eNw S0xMHJpFFwwClxxNEMHla5Eisejkhln9uXYPBBcBTOxh0s7BYaASnwXCZd0r5QqLSVrq ptnJ2WA4OCKlkN0a1RRkZ1uY7DdmcOnvm9eHo2P8Y4H9BtUwNaCzLRKNyBqdBZpIq6gr NBM3IP5HXzj8C+HqFe1Z2ZCKTWhtg149a1oU14nQP8bCXeM2CVu3jVOldGmSmcOSLtTT 3gSV4uTUhsYCx8nPfGlmknSrSuKALMbi1s8zmtN9Lgi8GhY8GR7dWYHg4Tezv3Bs6/8B JA9w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IRbVDtKocCYMSdwMg5Hd9o/ej/DgYKlzLfUjgPXfhqE=; b=KLOXdt296SnIwBBr8zhfYoJdX3RF2gIOj6weJAb3bzxea/nB7N1wFf9StBJ5FU3jBE NZlyFUrN6W7fWtqre8wgtHbLPW4SylC2YsucN6ZEfppvCDDs9DVjVbOpJ8iXpbh3/owW ayL8pXSOxziPLco7U5KWOkY2RrQdMo1hIOOp3Ulc9eaNyFNowQ042+xtptJZlZ2pq6XQ T420Aracz7ek47DPCtizETieykagLpLX1YpGsTUfBm8t4cPmkmWBDpVFiHfXGRgrXWPi 9vTp/L3jKWurTBbmplPl46ZPRZjiEhF4FdSkYhxFIx1Gk1GiwyYTX00nafGgKXhtl9YE zgwg== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/50Uo4MQJ85TfdbQmJnxhBlRBoqGTHQAfsa+pgHtFQziPXign6J P5D7OEKRMGNPEClOdOLMLnbCxEDMdA== X-Received: by 10.129.79.210 with SMTP id d201mr33740231ywb.132.1493853838455; Wed, 03 May 2017 16:23:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.129.72.75 with HTTP; Wed, 3 May 2017 16:23:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Ultima Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 19:23:57 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Tips for shell based partitioning during install To: Peter Pauly Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 23:23:59 -0000 > zpool create zroot raidz2 /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1 /dev/gpt/disk3 ... etc. > cannot mount '/zroot': failed to create mountpoint Use the -R option to change the mountpoint, root directory. -R /mnt would work. It is trying to create the directory /zroot and fails because the root is read only. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Peter Pauly wrote: > I'm using the option in the installer where you go out to a shell prompt > during the partitioning step in the installer on FreeBSD 11-Release and > booted off of the CD. All is going well until I get to this step: > > zpool create zroot raidz2 /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1 /dev/gpt/disk3 ... > etc. > cannot mount '/zroot': failed to create mountpoint > > The instructions when going out to the shell say I have to mount the > filesystem under /mnt but /mnt is read-only. > > I tried to use the Guided Auto (ZFS) but it doesn't work with more than 10 > drives. > > What am I doing wrong? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >