From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 7 19:47:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6934540D; Fri, 7 Mar 2014 19:47:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.dweimer.net (24-240-198-187.static.stls.mo.charter.com [24.240.198.187]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 042BF7EB; Fri, 7 Mar 2014 19:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.dweimer.net (webmail [192.168.5.2]) by webmail.dweimer.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s27JlkbT097978 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:47:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:47:46 -0600 From: dweimer To: David Christensen Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 RELEASE amd64 how to install on single drive with encrypted ZFS =?UTF-8?Q?root=3F?= Organization: dweimer.net Mail-Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net In-Reply-To: <531A0A0B.3010902@holgerdanske.com> References: <53197EF6.4070902@holgerdanske.com> <5319913D.4040207@infracaninophile.co.uk> <10334f5b74b05d9445d071bd08f73a24@dweimer.net> <531A0A0B.3010902@holgerdanske.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: dweimer@dweimer.net User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.0-rc Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:47:49 -0000 On 03/07/2014 12:03 pm, David Christensen wrote: > On 03/07/2014 06:18 AM, dweimer wrote: >> Actually, when using the 10 installer after you select ZFS install, >> you >> get an options screen that allows you to configure it to use >> encryption. >> Full options configurable are as follows: >> Pool Type/Disks >> Poll Name >> Force 4k Sectors >> Encrypt Disks >> Partition Scheme >> Swap Size > > Thanks for the reply. :-) > > > I tried that, but ended up with a system that would not boot -- my > BIOS didn't think the hard drive was bootable. > > >> I did a test install in vmware with the encryption options with no >> problems. However I did end up choosing the manual method when I did >> my >> laptop setup for one simple reason. I wanted to understand it fully >> in >> case I ran into a boot issue down the road and needed to go through a >> recovery process, and couldn't think of a better to know I understood >> it >> better than manually doing the setup. > > Understanding how to build a bootable disk with FreeBSD and encrypted > ZFS root by hand, and being able to make adjustments as desired, are > worthy goals. But for now, I just want to get a working system by the > simplest means. If I can use the installer to produce a bootable > system with encrypted ZFS root, I'll be happy. > > > David > > _______________________________________________ > 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" So the only error you received was no bootable disk found after the install? -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/