Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:48:40 -0400 From: Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com> To: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs booting feedback Message-ID: <3D42F02D-7771-4581-AC7D-FC6D75A7D113@distal.com> In-Reply-To: <20120712035944.GA28500@pix.net> References: <20120708025435.GA12487@pix.net> <A5544CFF-14B5-4E78-9360-02CA3915CF3F@distal.com> <20120712035944.GA28500@pix.net>
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On Jul 11, 2012, at 23:59 , Kurt Lidl wrote: >> I'm looking forward to experimenting with FreeBSD sparc64, and zfs. >> I'm a zfs newbie. :-) > > I put the iso I built, along with a checksum file for it, and the script > that I used for installing all the bit here: > > http://www.pix.net/ftp/pub/freebsd/ > > You might want to fiddle with the size of the ZFS partition that the > script creates. I have Sun "18GB" drives, so I just told it use 12GB > as ZFS, and the rest as swap. Thanks. I read that there was an issue with freebsd swap vs. ZFS swap for FreeBSD dumping. Looking at your script, it looks like you're using the "freebsd-swap" which will allow for crash dumps. But, not being familiar with gmirror and what you've done with "gswap", I just wanted to confirm. I'll give it a go tomorrow! Thanks much... - Chris
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