From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 12 23:40:31 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 EC9541065693 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:40:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd.adriaan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f218.google.com (mail-gx0-f218.google.com [209.85.217.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2B18FC1D for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk10 with SMTP id 10so2766769gxk.3 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:40:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bXbM1YbT+HdFmk9c3A4HpmbeAh5qgcjxtfzlN4jHVRg=; b=or7V68bBdet8p7S9jJUS5bGbk73jKmnd7OIVQ1iO1PlW8Wid0cIb5EZ2yhcCIzQW5w sqJOcTQ8aquqWBvT1jeVFqe9XwENSOxJgZrR4mYnjO4p7Nieh2RVbZfGCcQKd3mAIimq KfY0gMPsccGHQ7gkC/qliF/wlO+LTCyru3O4E= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=Qfd0ZDzcBpnYanZMF6tXJXL6lyt5AwccEprGAd03IG4SWtshI9peWzmwn8p8J2ItON 0qFQfnbb4WOhHLs8g9lWNnZMzcAYC9KfrMPvIvtEcavpvL/cTadjKbAJ09TDSfqwvz48 zfzgY11PJ3lV8VeCIh4QERDSgL98sOiECUNlc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.138.10 with SMTP id q10mr3108559ann.37.1266016235098; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:10:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:10:35 +0100 Message-ID: <74c3ddc41002121510w3d16168yca644f739bead74b@mail.gmail.com> From: Adriaan To: Charles Sprickman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 23:40:32 -0000 On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Charles Sprickman wrote: > Any hints on that one? > > I finally got around to getting dhcp/tftp/nfs setup on an internal networ= k > to perform normal installs (and with some pxelinux hackery, the ability t= o > 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. =A0From my la= st > 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 dis= k > to fixit, which brought me to many chicken and egg moments. =A0I did it > though... > > But remotely, I'm not seeing a good way to do this. =A0If mfsroot were la= rger > and had more tools, then I'd be in business. =A0This is probably the dire= ction > I need to get shoved in. > > I've looked at some other options with pxelinux and perhaps booting the m= ini > ISO, but I'm not sure that gets me anywhere. > > Any tips? =A0This isn't a make or break situation, I live 15 minutes from= the > colo... =A0It's more of a quest. :) > I would installl a small UFS FBSD system of 1 or 2 Gig on say ad0s1. That gives you more then the equivalent of a fixit CD. You then use this mini system as base to install the "real one" on the other slice(s) After having finished the install, you use fdisk to change the active slice to the new install and reboot.