From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 29 04:38:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2900C1065674 for ; Sun, 29 May 2011 04:38:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: from sysmon.tcworks.net (sysmon.tcworks.net [65.66.76.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CECC48FC14 for ; Sun, 29 May 2011 04:38:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sysmon.tcworks.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sysmon.tcworks.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p4T480hZ049774; Sat, 28 May 2011 23:08:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: (from lambert@localhost) by sysmon.tcworks.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id p4T480Br049773; Sat, 28 May 2011 23:08:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) X-Authentication-Warning: sysmon.tcworks.net: lambert set sender to lambert@lambertfam.org using -f Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 23:08:00 -0500 From: Scott Lambert To: Daniel Staal Message-ID: <20110529040800.GA44286@sysmon.tcworks.net> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Staal , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS install from -CURRENT snapshot X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 04:38:06 -0000 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 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. > 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