Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:24:25 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ZFS system Message-ID: <BANLkTikYkLYi%2B26O8dq-XW1N5dEgK7KaOg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinA9rhDhxwg2KyB0n1Yc%2BAiCz2Z9Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E00EA98.1090805@nagual.nl> <4E00FDC0.3090808@infracaninophile.co.uk> <BANLkTinA9rhDhxwg2KyB0n1Yc%2BAiCz2Z9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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ps you dont need the ufs file system just go zfs root. For recovery have a full install of bsd on a pen drive. On 22 June 2011 21:22, krad <kraduk@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 21 June 2011 21:23, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>wrote: > >> On 21/06/2011 20:01, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: >> > I'd like to install FreeBSD (pcbsd) on a (zfs) mirror >> > In OpenSolaris you can install directly to the zfs mirror, but how's >> > this in this situation> After all, an UFS partitin is also created. How >> > can I get the equivalent of an OpenSolaris mirrored install for a >> > FreeBSD system? >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror >> >> Cheers >> >> Matthew >> >> -- >> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard >> Flat 3 >> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate >> JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW >> >> > > its dead easy to do retrospective as well no need to rebuild or ditch the > pcbsd install method. > > X = current boot drive > Y = blank drive > z = zfs partition/slice eg s1d, p3 etc > > gpart backup /dev/X | gpart restore /dev/Y > > gpart bootcode -b /zfsboot/pmbr -p /zfsboot/(gpt)*zfsboot -i 1 /dev/Y > zpool attach <pool> /dev/Xz /dev/Yz >
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