From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 09:08:17 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C3D7325 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:08:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-f44.google.com (mail-oi0-f44.google.com [209.85.218.44]) (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 61E323E6 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:08:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by oigv203 with SMTP id v203so162410162oig.3 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:08:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=QfXepDuaW/FG0jI/ITZSWMCQliIPIgd5RKcTE4X9qE8=; b=Dy77paVwg7f0nB+Gy9b4LCj+ixwePZjp+lU2uGMETYogItb9S1P+cgHCreHwcZtBJV i2tdZytkxY92aTzvDL02P63cE2cvgnuJmUf1+4rE2Hm7wIEZmXPjWm2GI/XY0gyQ9qgM ODtt6txF1UIBO4JeWKxX8JZ0G6f8NswD+0uuEHiYNV33aPZsrHm+46qlLOpzyX9WVADk F3bRTcJxoGaF/q5olPZ2x9OXDj4NV6M8e2siChPD+3vEmkohEWF2SaqPNJ7X7G2jwZg4 kM49QnlDs3lQOlWA1AuCMbRhpY+69dje5O9YAzUcF4L1NltF8QGRt5Cb8iS2+hqy+jHi vANg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl4ihYNHGjVO17mA6Z23DwRsUD7KTZrmgLvHRwoTBfCpqGiGqmAyUKHE5/GGpSMkELedrFJ MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.46.66 with SMTP id t2mr2516427oem.60.1427188090146; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:08:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.60.226 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:08:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2001:44b8:31b0:aa00:5f1:71a8:8124:8af7] In-Reply-To: References: <20150324092914.ed0ebb7f.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:08:10 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: Possible (or smart) to put freebsd-boot on USB stick for root-on-ZFS? From: Jason Birch To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:08:17 -0000 On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Polytropon wrote: >> On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 00:49:46 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: While I appreciate the discussion this has generated, it's not quite related to the questions I had around the freebsd-boot partition alone being on some removable media, and I'd like to try and steer the discussion back in that direction for my benefit (obviously ;)) and for the benefit of anyone trawling the lists looking for a similar answer. For the record, this will be for a reasonably large ZFS file server, and so having things like the home directories live on the larger ZFS volume (and not the mirrored SSDs) is something I'll probably be doing. However, it's more about the partitioning and device arrangement once the machine has booted, and that's not quite what I'm having difficulties understanding. I will, of course, be trying these things out myself on the weekend. But I'm also hoping for some experiences from those who have tried, or who know the innards of freebsd-boot enough to know without trying, such a set up. Thanks, and sorry for being a downer, JB