From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 12 06:27:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A7A106566C for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:27:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE6E8FC0C for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:27:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 20068 invoked by uid 0); 12 Feb 2010 06:27:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.3.2.40?) (spork@bway.net@96.57.144.66) by smtp.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 12 Feb 2010 06:27:27 -0000 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:27:26 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Sprickman X-X-Sender: spork@charles-sprickmans-imac.local To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (OSX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: ZFS on root, serial console install X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:27:29 -0000 Any hints on that one? I finally got around to getting dhcp/tftp/nfs setup on an internal network to perform normal installs (and with some pxelinux hackery, the ability to boot a DOS disk or memtest86 disk images). Sysinstall in general is kind of an unweildy beast over serial, but one thing I was not able to accomplish was to get a shell (no extra virtual consoles on serial) or attempt any mounting of fixit media. From my last install that put ZFS on root, I had to do quite a bit of tapdancing since I had no DVD or bootable USB media - lots of switching from the install disk to fixit, which brought me to many chicken and egg moments. I did it though... But remotely, I'm not seeing a good way to do this. If mfsroot were larger and had more tools, then I'd be in business. This is probably the direction I need to get shoved in. I've looked at some other options with pxelinux and perhaps booting the mini ISO, but I'm not sure that gets me anywhere. Any tips? This isn't a make or break situation, I live 15 minutes from the colo... It's more of a quest. :) Thanks, Charles