Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 17:12:46 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1 + ZFS Message-ID: <5564E1CE.2040700@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20150526034748.GA1674@WorkBox.Home> References: <5563939F.2070303@columbus.rr.com> <86oal8gu30.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <5563A6E0.4010402@columbus.rr.com> <86382kgoi8.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20150526030812.8e749982.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150526034748.GA1674@WorkBox.Home>
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On 05/25/15 23:47, Brandon Wandersee wrote: > On 05/26, Polytropon wrote: >> The bsdinstall "Welcome Menu" offers the choice "Shell" >> which should offer a functionality similar to the choice >> "Fixit" in sysinstall. The documentation also suggests >> that the single user mode, as well as the "Live CD" >> choice, could be used - at least that's why I understand >> from the description provided in the handbook. >> >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall-start.html#bsdinstall-choose-mode >> >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/using-sysinstall.html#sysinstall-main3 > It's my understanding that "Live CD" is the equivalent of Fixit: a clean, > single-user environment that can be used for system maintenance. "Shell" on the > other hand is tied to the installation environment, so that actions taken there > are recognized by the installer. > > In any case, if the OP has some patience and a spare disk, it's less risky > (though more time-consuming) to install a new system, configure it, then set up > a new disk with ZFS and transfer the system via rsync. That's what I did anyway, > since it grants the convenience of a) having a working system in the meantime, > and b) leaves a spare copy of the system at hand at all times (in adition to the > requisite backup, that is). > Installing and then copying it over to the ZFS file system is not the correct answer. There must be a way to install directly to ZFS....Is it really that hard?
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