Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 21:26:57 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on ZFS with Windows Message-ID: <bcd48b02-b425-ae36-8f3a-4f754a9a0f2d@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <95a98378-09c7-486c-6b95-4f0239430d7d@icerats.de> References: <95a98378-09c7-486c-6b95-4f0239430d7d@icerats.de>
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On 05/04/2017 11:55 AM, Christian Baer wrote: > I'd like to install FreeBSD on a machine that already runs Windows in a > dual-boot setup. This works find when using UFS for /, /var and /usr. > However, I'd like to install FreeBSD on ZFS. Well, I could live with a > separate / with UFS and the rest being on ZFS. > > The BSD installer doesn't offer this functionality and I have never done > this before, so I'd like a guideline to how this is done. The handbook > does state that I could accomplish this via the shell, but does not say > how this is done. > > Is there a useful howto out there on how to accomplish the task at hand > or is this generally a bad idea? > > Note: The medium I'd like to install FreeBSD on is an SSD. I hate dual-boot. For desktop/ server machines, I use mobile docks and one drive per operating system. For laptops, I either swap the system drive, figure out how to use a USB flash drive as the system drive, or use virtualization. David
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