From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 21:15:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1122101 for ; Wed, 27 May 2015 21:15:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F73C9DB for ; Wed, 27 May 2015 21:15:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from [75.187.32.8] ([75.187.32.8:40311] helo=raspberrypi.bildanet.com) by cdptpa-oedge01 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id 55/C0-26188-A3336655; Wed, 27 May 2015 21:12:26 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.53] (helo=baho-utot.bildanet.com) by raspberrypi.bildanet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Yxick-0001x6-6U; Wed, 27 May 2015 17:12:26 -0400 Message-ID: <55663337.4050806@columbus.rr.com> Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 17:12:23 -0400 From: Baho Utot User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Radel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1 + ZFS 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>, <5564E1CE.2040700@columbus.rr.com> <5564E6F5.1090306@radel.com>, <5564EF07.2080603@columbus.rr.com> <20150527000713.GA3257@WorkBox.Home>, <55661AA5.9030403@columbus.rr.com> <55662C35.4000802@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <55662C35.4000802@radel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.118:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 21:15:41 -0000 On 05/27/15 16:42, Jon Radel wrote: > On 5/27/15 3:27 PM, Baho Utot wrote: >> >> I do understand how ZFS works I am using it (ZFS RAID-Z1) on three >> boxen but not as the root file system. >> >> > >> >> You cannot do RAID-Z2 with three drives only as RAID-Z2 has two >> parity drives > You either contradict yourself or you have a shaky understanding of > the word "cannot". Not recommended, quite possibly not the best way > to use 3 disks, sure.... Cannot, well, not so much. Ok tell me how you have two parity drives with using only three drives. It can not be done. > > Personally, I think this discussion might have gotten off to a much > better start if you'd started out by telling us that you couldn't use > the installer because you weren't in a position to use your entire > disks; all of which is entirely absent in your initial mail. > I was very clear what I wanted to do. From my first post: I have found wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/UFSBoot. I think it is out of date as it is using fixit. I am looking for something that I can use that drops to manually partitioning during the install. end post How to install FreeBSD 10.1 to a zfs filesystem dropping to manual partitioning, whether to a single drive with or with out using the entire drive is not material. > Several people have now given you links to various cookbooks for doing > what I understand you want to do, or more precisely, as close as > anything published is likely to be to meeting your exact needs. Pick > one and see how it goes. I'd suggest really good backups first. > > --Jon Radel > jon@radel.com > The links supplied (two) 1. was a link to the handbook using auto partitioning, doesn't answer the question in any way 2. a hack not using the installer, doesn't answer the question in any way Looks like I am on my own