Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 08:45:21 -0400 From: Peter Pauly <ppauly@gmail.com> To: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for shell based partitioning during install Message-ID: <CAKXfWbS4EH9cv2irohbNtjkLkMcbskJXV4hB4GucNdXn3o-=tQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOc73CDw5fXjfQubmW29V1xOV=_o_D90c_X=bNWst3GeLxxTOQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKXfWbTqBUUzaGxz3U7HEV9FoSzqg3XD%2BUrrEkqbVU5E1W-oQA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOc73CDw5fXjfQubmW29V1xOV=_o_D90c_X=bNWst3GeLxxTOQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Thank-you Ben. That's very helpful. On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 3 May 2017 at 2:31 am, Peter Pauly <ppauly@gmail.com> 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? > > > Hi Peter, > > When I do manual zfs partitioning during installs, i follow the commands > used by the actual bsdinstall scripts (the ones that would have been > executed if I used the auto mode). > > A copy of them can be viewed online here: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/ > scripts/zfsboot?view=markup#l1313 > > > Essentially the zpool create command needs to have: > > zpool create -o altroot=/mnt -O compress=lz4 -O atime=off -m none -f zroot > raidz2 /dev/gpt/disk0 ... > > Regards, > Ben > >> -- > > -- > From: Benjamin Woods > woodsb02@gmail.com >
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