From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 12:26:31 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 81F341065692 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1736D8FC12 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:26:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so2116602fgg.13 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:26:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=HvxfTvDGk19Qr66aj9TkQNarLQ1ADqhvhhIXNEwzLTA=; b=kT/Am2sCjvhJqtCr7EsYEH/x6sYYhIgxTR+jAjSUxdg/o6mS8nP0EWioMzyNVTj5hm 2eIJQSej4/zcdiJZSpgBAHd2tSCn4mtCW75NwcYzfTTNeT0jD0L0+QZlHBQAzmkX8mIj WgAtjCp9+Vj2CmzAludBCTkmnyERR2JCpdU1g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=HXlVbEyDKaEWVZadrO/82HE38tsh77ObEC64gPJ6RzBJOZJiM1EnDsMHTl98TvYk/q 5Lu62B4Ggg5mane1YHa/BHj4XDJA3dSJX3pUIw8dEgqDahsWvQeRh1RG0V1z70LgkEhL ZcwQIOkruiLEAi8+/BMoI39JfpfhAhewtSAP0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.190.66 with SMTP id w2mr956026hbh.61.1263212787099; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:26:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:26:26 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Dan Naumov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 12:26:31 -0000 2010/1/11 Dan Naumov > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > At the moment dont mix freebsd update and zfsroot. Much safer to do it from source.