From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 10:53:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CED71065695 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f197.google.com (mail-yw0-f197.google.com [209.85.211.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C31F8FC35 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh35 with SMTP id 35so12149717ywh.7 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:53:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=EvChJtP5bUfNNHKGGdFQpz9iJWX5kwUUpKc6CG9Fg0A=; b=lhS2X08CdR/LiU+cGmAmIkw0T3JsMmzA3pGVQAk8JWOaCVrYcTStwMaqVBMecABVYq ZBBrKM9o530zRbkpflb965o3tqG+YTvOwHBs3+bGTk9BkkjGSEZHE6qu8HOSoF4USEwO OrHRlBRsoxUdjUs+TAn/MzGqfECRS62on98hk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=VIjDraWkRZs2VxxXZw1mwbBLeFEE3AQTT0ElqifYMMzdbTeuO3GSGl3IxyM8HY0z2g s/V8AL5OqNxYYhH/hvoo3apqx+sOGJgVXbUX8Uv9LiTd+HEOHPERj6CFArRLBqsY3oQO 3QsKgDfmqWevSiiLNrTzw5fgHi2mpU9/WubLc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.200.16 with SMTP id x16mr11533430anf.103.1263207216067; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:53:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:53:36 +0200 Message-ID: From: Dan Naumov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: a question on ZFS boot/root in 8.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:53:40 -0000 Hello list. My concern is this: I really really like freebsd-update and want to continue using it. Freebsd-update however, assumes that no part of your base system has been compiled by hand, it's intended to be used to update from official binaries to other official binaries. I am also gathering (from things I've read so far) that you HAVE to build a custom loader if you want to boot off a ZFS mirror or raidz... but what about a non-redundant ZFS pool as system root in 8.0-RELEASE? Can I have a full ZFS FreeBSD installation on a non-redundant ZFS pool and have the system boot off it without having to compile anything manually with the existing binaries provided on the 8.0 install DVD? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov