Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 23:08:00 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS install from -CURRENT snapshot Message-ID: <20110529040800.GA44286@sysmon.tcworks.net> In-Reply-To: <C3447024DA2BEB7DA3063584@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <C3447024DA2BEB7DA3063584@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
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On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 08:16:37PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: > > Ok, I think I've figured this out, but I want some confirmation before I > start playing with actual hardware... > > The install steps on <http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot>; no > longer appear to apply. The /dist/ directory doesn't exist on any of the > current snapshots, so the actual install process given in that page can't > work. <snip> > If there's a doc someplace on this, feel free to point me to it. > > I just want a sanity-check before I dive in headfirst... If you want to end up with a mirrored ZFS only setup, have you seen ? http://blogs.freebsdish.org/pjd/2010/08/06/from-sysinstall-to-zfs-only-configuration/ That one was pretty straight-forward for me. You get to use sysinstall and don't have to manually install the OS. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org
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