From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 15 16:55:37 2017 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 6CB62D3FC9C for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:55:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qk0-x236.google.com (mail-qk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::236]) (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 2578BF72 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:55:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id f133so83500959qke.2 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 09:55:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=YMFuPMXQXmB5a52RoiGN8OMHVwyTHdrRnmi9+QXlmzU=; b=tHvT5UDb2Upz3xkR+qGzd45Z8mtIc7CvMbUeUPxGwLlxZxHBJWPsyFuoz8mPxMarme PrZENlM0hMcCCXyNp6DcZ13jQ6QyhpOh2JDhOujLbW0LfmTTXDsEM4xxeCVokFrPXvlt O9LDYVQldljpJXTbSIMupRDe8RrU1FS6frw+m7qGmgO+c/y4rtgekmjHGW15JxfangYh RfmtHcDShDrIXgmsAYnQPWOC+5Hhwfm+j/+K3wVaCfxiyj0R1C6lNCMcn9CiGTdSRf31 YqvTjpwd3ENWLWNaBerf8hftz8Xpqcp32zBGpzZREsa8/f4Mb6P96/j7v+iFPES+zCNb EARA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=YMFuPMXQXmB5a52RoiGN8OMHVwyTHdrRnmi9+QXlmzU=; b=NeduIKwiTSMKo1ewe3tsVJ9wWMlCxyCBRLw8s5MoswDHZX+iuOEiMD41tUdUSy7vox 3P9ic/V+9oNzMnTl8SfSjX776wqZhlNamLN59ou3sVCBwfuDfCbDGowsNxNxwAUqNg+P Vl0IBXL0KA8gVgqpzyYj3+9sBcDwegEUritXeVytuP9YfjBqBfbFn/2vrlLjkIyBs1Yg sdUNL6zP6BPU+FgEWhD59b9A92gcOdt1OBQS93v/g1BNv2nNy7NrEPt8N8+etJOtC9fO Rh64cfh5PF7TkEl3akcpkjrfQGHzfLHCsW1LUcxuVYMs+oCcM47bQkn4W2KtmXniRqr3 FuKw== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/7jx4a1BvlzQUOR0DNrwjHQiHVaiExUQoBatzrP1ZyQAU+MOauY o0l9sf2tWpvFwNTflYDOK2RvJFWjiw== X-Received: by 10.55.20.72 with SMTP id e69mr2959759qkh.200.1492275336278; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 09:55:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.183.158 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 09:55:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.12.183.158 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 09:55:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: krad Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 17:55:35 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is it possible to install FreeBSD on a single MBR slice with ZFS To: Manish Jain Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:55:37 -0000 Are we talking bsd, slices here or partitions in the mbr ? On 15 Apr 2017 15:38, "Manish Jain" wrote: > > On 04/15/17 16:09, krad wrote: > > it works fine on a single slice. I would probably do a manual install to > > be safe, but thats just me, but then I was doing rootonzfs way before > > the installation program supported it. > > If I remember correctly, whenever I try to use ZFS in the installer : > > 1) the Guided (Root On ZFS) approach simply does not let me select a > slice. I have to use the entire disk > > 2) Using manual partitioning on my MBR disk (SSD), if I delete an > existing slice, create a new one, and then a partition inside it of type > freebsd-zfs with / as mount-point, the installer warns "This > configuration is not bootable in your architecture". > > I got around this by using a 2-partition 'hack' in the slice : > > a) first partition for / as type freebsd-ufs > b) second partition for /usr as type freebsd-zfs > > The install goes through with no warning, but then when I boot the > installation, I face the problem that /usr is not available and the boot > is interrupted midway with an unpleasant message. > > Regards > Manish Jain >