Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:14:08 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Cc: Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2 Message-ID: <4A60DB90.6070303@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <4A5ED9AE.4010003@yandex.ru> References: <4A57E38B.5050108@mykitchentable.net> <970380130907122109g4e160373m37259a3c40d48373@mail.gmail.com> <4A5B7D28.1080000@mykitchentable.net> <970380130907131500u2d300ben4ddec327cc54d2b4@mail.gmail.com> <4A5BBEC5.200@mykitchentable.net> <970380130907151512k4870af65q55f7ed0545fa6521@mail.gmail.com> <970380130907151733w2f226b37r31a189e73ec54dc2@mail.gmail.com> <4A5ED9AE.4010003@yandex.ru>
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Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > Jason Garrett wrote: >> Top Post, I know... but has anyone on @current tried a full on ZFS on >> ROOT >> with GPTZFSBOOT? >> >> Both Drew and I have both tried the guide at >> http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ >> (dead >> link now :( ) >> >> I get as far as the message I detailed before using parts from another >> guide. I am hoping for both of us, that someone here knows even a little >> bit. > > I installed 8.0-BETA1 on ZFS 2 days ago. It works. I did following steps: > > 1. Boot from bootable USB-flash (Minimal FreeBSD installation with > copy of install CD). I can't figure out how to create bootable USB from Windows. Do not have FBSD system with USB to create. Thus I have booted from DVD made from 8.0-BETA2-amd64-dvd1.iso > > 2. Create partitions > # gpart show ad0 > => 34 312581741 ad0 GPT (149G) > 34 256 1 freebsd-boot (128K) > 290 4194304 2 freebsd-swap (2.0G) > 4194594 251658240 3 freebsd-zfs (120G) > 255852834 56728941 - free - (27G) > > 3. Create zpool and filesystem hierarchy > > 4. Install FreeBSD from copy of install CD to ZFS. I used sysinstall > with custom > options (Install Root and Media Type) I am stuck at this point. I have my zpool mounted at /zpool in the FixIt environment. Then I exit FixIt and choose "Custom" from sysinstall. I set appropriate "Options". Next I select my distributions. Finally I hit "Commit" but systinstall complains that I haven't labeled any disks. What step am I missing? Thanks, Drew > > 5. Create /etc/fstab, /etc/rc.conf, /etc/src.conf, /boot/loader.conf > http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot#line-118 > > 6. Install ZFS aware /boot/loader > http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot#line-144 > > 7. Create zpool.cache > > 8. Install ZFS boot: > # gpart bootcode -b /zroot/boot/pmbr ad0 > # gpart bootcode -p /zroot/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0 > > 9. Change mount points for zroot pool and reboot. > > It's all.
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