Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:26:08 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Replacing all disks in zroot Message-ID: <2431379.KBGJRHb7f7@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <861t0ik43m.fsf@gmail.com> References: <861t0ik43m.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Saturday 17 Sep 2016 14:12:13 Malcolm Matalka wrote: > As I understand it, after this I will have the larger capacity, > mirrored. You'll need to issue a "zpool autoexpand on poolname" command before the extra space can be utilised. There's an example at <http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/githb/>; > But will this be bootable? Do I have to do something else to > copy the boot setup over? You'll need to create a small boot partition on each disk and install bootcode onto it as described in the first few steps of <https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror>. Since you already have a running system you shouldn't need to boot from the install DVD, -- Mike Clarke
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