From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 15:11:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 945AF106564A for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 15:11:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568F18FC0C for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 15:11:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn33 with SMTP id 33so4492049iwn.13 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 08:11:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+pzG8GF7r26xSBaj78Ci99PyZVf/Nxr5A9d/GPPPdiI=; b=x3F+HdP4ylOymfCKANvoD77cLDFWytx/nHrOZ5HBz0fnLf7delwzjZ5uwwmvorZscV 4kmbr404iu8V2/4oY6MZZgwAkQd4PP/v8AV1Nq11OBSVPZK79V/eNmed8vv6vIj5mjjI ouxHGWE8T/llUi9NAOpWhpLfDYXUbY6nDwP0o= 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=ivzE1P2wnvgJ657rMqNSdwruNLNrrhfc+ULPp4Rp5trbTGVpYgwlIIFDBpEV8CJes7 7LApWhZM6oFIUbwYo7k03G6HNFna9zB8nFnDbQxXAav5k44ghnRl/IsjL8k3jVKrarmz Hh03xB/wmB5Q9A+mX4712zFsI3GsjeFeUOhGA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.117.35 with SMTP id o35mr6306459ibq.149.1306768279874; Mon, 30 May 2011 08:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.215.42 with HTTP; Mon, 30 May 2011 08:11:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110529040800.GA44286@sysmon.tcworks.net> <4DE1EDD8.5050003@FreeBSD.org> <3E1EB5E79BD1A6B775EB8387@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 18:11:19 +0300 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: Daniel Staal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS install from -CURRENT snapshot X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 15:11:20 -0000 Could you please explain where did you actually got stacked ? Have you installed the OS by : for file in base.txz lib32.txz kernel.txz doc.txz ports.txz src.txz; do (cat $file | tar --unlink -xpJf - -C ${DESTDIR:-/}); done Did you copy zpool.cache ? On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Daniel Staal wrote: > --As of May 29, 2011 9:10:57 AM -0400, George Kontostanos, > freebsd-current@freebsd.org is alleged to have said: > > --As of May 29, 2011 12:06:30 PM +0300, George Kontostanos is alleged to >> have said: >> >> The new bsdinstall has a different layout so the previous guides don't >>> work. I have prepared one that works for recent 9-Current at : >>> >>> "http://www.aisecure.net/?p=132" >>> >> >> --As for the rest, it is mine. >> >> Thanks, that's about what I expected the install procedure to be at this >> point. Nice to have the reminder about the zpool.cache. (Do I have to >> use the Live CD mode? Can I use shell mode instead?) >> > > --As for the rest, it is mine. > > Ok, I've tried shell mode and live CD mode. I've re-partitioned my disks > several different ways. > > Nothing gets me a system that will actually boot. Or even recognize that > there is an OS loaded anywhere. Help? > > (My preferred partitioning: > > ada1: > 1 freebsd-boot > 2 freebsd-swap 8G > 3 freebsd-zfs 4G (zil) > 4 freebsd-zfs 17G (cache) > > ada0: Managed by ZFS, ~250G Main filesystem. > > This takes advantage of the mSATA SSD in ada1.) > > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- George Kontostanos aisecure.net