From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 08:46:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14971065673 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:46:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 570EB8FC22 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:46:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c3so4287349ana.13 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:46:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aP2j1LVjjUzg6+NeUwBKRuvVcCty1BEZw4BMQOT6bKM=; b=PYWzoNJtE4/LOXinQrgFx1gjgLmTV+aa1v5u04FXpBG+LSo+PID9K0DBQ7euK1sA9d PDfmefvSvgckgT+TEGCCL02FHHHnIl8npN37LjEK8zd4RGQgu9ogbOsbzIwXOYMzXY2j FBU78FuI3iR39y97i61p+zwTjzWgwicWmLZkk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=CqgdpCmmNKqIshNiaITsVUZNHdH93hj/yjNJ0wjoRmQoOAdJfelbRG1v2sxJFnZesk aFPtiuiJ+7XmGhWlmGTDzKoSe/citi5Lq4xjOHaAtChR/e+oJQ7JwT/DhyD9KH0fqsXC ZLFnZA/i7X91VXr9puFLm/YrMdZfOxwqp0I6s= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.231.16 with SMTP id d16mr8619777anh.63.1243932402672; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:46:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090602095228.8ff3654c.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> References: <20090602095228.8ff3654c.gerrit@pmp.uni-hannover.de> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:46:42 +0300 Message-ID: From: Dan Naumov To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerrit_K=FChn?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS NAS configuration question X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:46:43 -0000 USB root partition for booting off UFS is something I have considered. I have looked around and it seems that all the "install FreeBSD onto USB stick" guides seem to involve a lot of manual work from a fixit environment= , does sysinstall not recognise USB drives as a valid disk device to parition/label/install FreeBSD on? If I do go with an USB boot/root, what things I should absolutely keep on it and which are "safe" to move to a ZFS pool? The idea is that in case my ZFS configuration goes bonkers for some reason, I still have a fully workable singleuser configuration to boot from for recovery. I haven't really used USB flash for many years, but I remember when they first started appearing on the shelves, they got well known for their horrible reliability (stick would die within a year of use, etc). Have they improved to the point of being good enough to host a root partition on, without having to setup some crazy GEOM mirror setup using 2 of them? - Dan Naumov 2009/6/2 Gerrit K=FChn > On Sat, 30 May 2009 21:41:36 +0300 Dan Naumov wrot= e > about ZFS NAS configuration question: > > DN> So, this leaves me with 1 SATA port used for a FreeBSD disk and 4 SAT= A > DN> ports available for tinketing with ZFS. > > Do you have a USB port available to boot from? A conventional USB stick (= I > use 4 GB or 8GB these days, but smaller ones would certainly also do) is > enough to hold the base system on UFS, and you can give the whole of your > disks to ZFS without having to bother with booting from them. > > > cu > Gerrit > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >