From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 19:00:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B1AA106566B for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.smeelen@ose.nl) Received: from mail.ose.nl (mail.ose.nl [212.178.134.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A60368FC13 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:00:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Footer: b3NlLm5s Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.ose.nl (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Wed, 8 Feb 2012 20:00:16 +0100 Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 20:00:15 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen To: Janos Dohanics Message-ID: <20120208200015.75cdf295@mpw> In-Reply-To: <20120208134259.1da6e837.web@3dresearch.com> References: <20120208134259.1da6e837.web@3dresearch.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; i386-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:24 -0000 On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:42:59 -0500 Janos Dohanics wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > May be I should have searched more for answers, but after installing > FreeBSD 9 with gmirror, I am wondering if the experts here have some > recommendations for "best practices". > > 1. The Guided partitioning doesn't suggest any more to > create /var, /tmp, /usr, etc. file systems. Is it really the > recommendation to go with just / ? This is a bad recommendation I think, but you can accept guidance and the adjust to your needs. > > 2. Is there a way to use the old sysinstall to install FreeBSD 9? Yes, harder to use, or no the new installer should have some more sane defaults > > 3. It seems that setting up gmirror is more involved with GPT > (http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/1071); now I have a mirror > for each of the filesystems /, /var, /tmp, etc. Is it OK to use > gmirror in this way at all? > > 4. Also, with GPT, one has to be in single user mode to synchronize > disks - correct? > > 3. Assuming one has enough RAM, is zfs mirror or raidz recommended > over gmirror? gmirror, still I think > > Prior to FreeBSD 9, I used to take the the sysinstall defaults with > some overrides as I thought appropriate and proceeded to set up > gmirror - it was simple and not a lot of work, and a good way to make > use of older systems... I think the new installer is quite good, but needs some shaving around the rough edges Cheers Disclaimer: http://www.ose.nl/email