Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:46:18 -0600 From: "Corey J. Bukolt" <0.23@mail.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Temporarily halt boot process to enter encryption keys? Message-ID: <4B2044DA.8030300@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <4B1F5263.1060907@mail.ru> References: <4B1F5263.1060907@mail.ru>
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Corey J. Bukolt wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a FreeNAS box with a CF card for root, and 3 drives (soon to > be 4) set up with encryption and raidz on top of them. A less than > excellent detailed report of what I did is here: > http://bit.ly/5BeZq8 This setup is a bit hackish as after the > system boots I need to attach each drive using geli, run "zpool > import -f primary", and then restart all my services (nfs, samba, > etc). > > It's become a bit of a chore (especially when doing it all from a > N810), so I'm looking for a way to temporary halt the boot process > so that I can ssh in, attach the drives, and then allow the system > to continue to boot. > > A few ideas come to mind, such as meddling with rc scripts, but I'd > like to get some suggestions from the more experienced FreeBSD > hackers before I go off breaking my system. > > Thanks, ~Corey > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > Anybody at all?
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