Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:07:11 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD ZFS system Message-ID: <BANLkTi=bZAvOR=OZE9ys3VJAPSVv=gW9mQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2596CDD6-593A-4A46-A14E-3BBBAC1AD57E@my.gd> References: <4E00EA98.1090805@nagual.nl> <4E00FDC0.3090808@infracaninophile.co.uk> <BANLkTinA9rhDhxwg2KyB0n1Yc%2BAiCz2Z9Q@mail.gmail.com> <2596CDD6-593A-4A46-A14E-3BBBAC1AD57E@my.gd>
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On 23 June 2011 02:38, Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: > > > On 22 Jun 2011, at 22:22, 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 > > > > Hey that's pretty cool, does this work to copy from a small disk to a > bigger one like dump does, or do the partitions have to be the same size ? > > > > gpart bootcode -b /zfsboot/pmbr -p /zfsboot/(gpt)*zfsboot -i 1 /dev/Y > > zpool attach <pool> /dev/Xz /dev/Yz > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > it should work, however I have never done it in practice. a quick test on my openindiana box shows it does # zfs create -V 1G rpool/test2 # zfs create -V 2G rpool/test3 # zpool create test rpool/test2 # zpool create test /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/test2 # zpool attach test /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/test2 /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/test3 # zpool status test pool: test state: ONLINE scan: resilvered 82K in 0h0m with 0 errors on Thu Jun 23 10:05:43 2011 config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM test ONLINE 0 0 0 mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/test2 ONLINE 0 0 0 /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/test3 ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors #
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