From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 8 02:20:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BDD3106564A for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 02:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtp1.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15C348FC0A for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 02:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: (qmail 5704 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2009 19:14:50 -0700 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 5674, pid: 5675, t: 2.2179s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on smtp1.surewest.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7-deb X-Spam-CMAE-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=70updLwoonEA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=jDt-9pEAAAAA:8 a=WB5y4THb-h1CX-FQArQA:9 a=tvVk0dBmYKEOy3Iv0EQA:7 a=UvNFtsshgjIAgGv1m6CezGG9_lsA:4 a=R35AumO-WOIA:10 Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (69.62.230.77) by smtp1 with SMTP; 7 Jul 2009 19:14:48 -0700 Received: from [192.168.2.3] (unknown [192.168.2.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 96619165E85 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:53:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1247018012; bh=g399Krhuvw8/atdvCOcxHE/1e3n5MnKCe76nALEn1vY=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=3rfK433qC5MYFAmmPIkOAObcB/tiwA9D0a/Lcm/uXZS0OQqrkmPh0NWNTj1Dir20D SSSA6WqNWtRaO7nyBKoV7Z2Oj2JrCGueCzWa7aR/YoZuBBU7WeVwMFyMYUtv3u4oJT Juu9Nnu8c65Xg0dbKR3YFUUymFWF6ZyW/iUuYSZs= Message-ID: <4A53FC1B.5090303@mykitchentable.net> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:53:31 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Help With Custom Disk Layout For New Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:20:15 -0000 I have a new box and have been trying to install 7.2 amd64 on it for the past week. I now see that 8.0-BETA1 is available and would be willing to install it if it supports my intended config below. I'm using this page as a guide but am at the console so I'm just using the Fix It CD: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/remote-install/installation.html I'm having two problems. gmirror fails silently (i.e. nothing exists in /dev/mirror). zpool command complains about libraries not being available or something to that effect. I only want to use FreeBSD on this box and I want to dedicate all drives to FreeBSD. The box has 4 SATA drives detected as follows: ad6 - 750 GB ad8 - 500 GB ad12 - 500 GB ad14 - 500 GB My thought is to break the disks up as so: ad6 a: 500M b: 500M d: 465G e: 225G (rest of drive) ad8 a: 500M b: 500M d: 465G (rest of drive) ad12 b: 1000M d: 465G (rest of drive) ad14 b: 1000M d: 465G (rest of drive) Then to install, I want to use gmirror and zfs as so: / - mirror ad6a and ad8a swap - all the b: partitions (if that's the right term) for a total of 3 GB swap. zfs - make a raid1z zpool with ad6d, ad8d, ad12d, and ad14d. in this pool I will create /usr and /var ad6e will just be extra space for some other use. So does my plan make sense? And if so, how can I best accomplish it? Is there a better guide somewhere? Should I use gpart and glabel instead of fdisk and bsdlabel? I've read the man pages for gpart and glabel but didn't really get it and thus returned to the more familiar fdisk and bsdlabel. Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com