Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:47:46 -0600 From: dweimer <dweimer@dweimer.net> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 RELEASE amd64 how to install on single drive with encrypted ZFS =?UTF-8?Q?root=3F?= Message-ID: <eca03739afb425884241ed23c4202a7b@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>
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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/
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