From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri May 13 19:11:43 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC84CB3AEB7 for ; Fri, 13 May 2016 19:11:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-f181.google.com (mail-ig0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5CBD12E5 for ; Fri, 13 May 2016 19:11:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-f181.google.com with SMTP id bi2so18177506igb.0 for ; Fri, 13 May 2016 12:11:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=bnHJEhnx0ufC0dxC6mKjzIpDMBWs0P1/iG53yMnij4M=; b=bxPrYTu+/H34AzZw66g/fissO5/MaC2rqpMy/kQ6sUrFAaVoWyAAD6yFgv2ZQqBA2+ MODQn0qyAP0N7NGEcGZId7r5AYcJ31tbanZt1j9ktsEHme0qZhy7Qy9guYbs4iMbtA7y SPTUUm0DnO5m92+C0MR87HqVzR2wjX21VRerpkgrPh6Ym+nhOpw2P2I7iasgbdq8EAFh Bl89/IMnDDaS0wsCRoazbV3kqKvf8KGfFe6D3+KAT6US4VP/rJQJK0o7kP9ZxBlo874w zA7iZ1tdJ7TUtASXY+RZoZ9cD/37P4aaw8TrP7jzA9m7bQqfdbHQ3t68f3Hb0i6o7g8M jy8A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FXjUBqBpQ9nNZW3NvWaDBF2o4QgkucSf8mHXKrodotshtw5rMcS8jW51eT3ThgJag== X-Received: by 10.50.28.113 with SMTP id a17mr2272743igh.44.1463147341100; Fri, 13 May 2016 06:49:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (97-116-12-104.mpls.qwest.net. [97.116.12.104]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o187sm977696itd.21.2016.05.13.06.48.59 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 13 May 2016 06:48:59 -0700 (PDT) References: User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-10.3 root ZFS In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 08:48:58 -0500 Message-ID: <86mvnucblh.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 19:11:43 -0000 James B. Byrne writes: > I am going through an initial install using the automatic guided root > on zfs procedure. I have selected the 2 redundant disks raid option. > I am at the point where I assign the disks to the zpool. I have 8 > disks listed. These have the dev ids: ada0-ada3 and da0-da3. The > descriptions of the four adaX devs all begin with 'WDC WD30EFRX-...' . > The descriptions of the four daX devs all begin with 'ATA WDC > WD30EFRX-...'. > > What is the significance of this, if any? "WD30EFRX" is the model number of disks, as reported to the system by the disk firmware. What follows is the individual serial number. Since they're all the same make and model, I'd strongly recommend restarting the install process with Ctrl+c, and choosing "Shell" from the menu. At the shell prompt, use `gpart show` to get a list of attached disks and their partitions, and note the drive letters of the two empty disks (daX and daY) you want to use. Then you can type "exit" and proceed with the installation. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------