Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 08:06:40 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts Message-ID: <d21dc1de-87dc-8e45-260b-cf7baf23998a@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <MW4PR01MB640175FEDE09CAD451A9AA0BC4C79@MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com> References: <MW4PR01MB640175FEDE09CAD451A9AA0BC4C79@MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com>
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On 8/26/21 6:36 AM, Javier wrote:
> Hi,
<snip>
Hello. :-)
There are as many strategies for partitioning as there are system
administrators. I have a SOHO network with three entry-level servers
running FreeBSD and a mix of macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux clients. My
approach:
1. Motherboard firmware set to BIOS mode.
2. Small, fast, blank device (e.g. SSD) connected to first motherboard
SATA port, so that FreeBSD sees it as device 'ada'. (The FreeBSD
installer will use all available space, so I used "16 GB" SSD's until I
hacked the FreeBSD installer shell script per my desired partition sizes.)
3. FreeBSD installer on USB flash drive.
Here are my partitioning notes from when I set up a server with
FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64:
Partitioning Auto (ZFS)
Pool Type/Disks stripe: 1 disk
ada0 INTEL SSDSC2CW060A3
Pool Name f1_zroot
Force 4K Sectors YES
Encrypt Disks YES
Partition Scheme MBR (BIOS)
Swap Size 2g
Mirror Swap YES
Encrypt Swap YES
>>> Install Proceed with installation
David
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