Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:16:56 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: mailinglist <mailinglist@ucwv.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD File Server with ZFS Message-ID: <d36406631002171716q56bb107cv2863501cf5fad49f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B75C@mail.ucwv.edu> References: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B75C@mail.ucwv.edu>
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On 18 February 2010 00:11, mailinglist <mailinglist@ucwv.edu> wrote: > I've got an old P4 desktop computer running in the basement with a 1 TB > external USB drive connected to that I use as a file server. That PC is > running XP. It has recently become infected with some sort of virus. I'd > like to replace it with FreeBSD running ZFS + Samba (I need to access it > from a OS X machine and a Windows 7 box). > > > > 1) Will FreeBSD be able to detect and use my TB hard drive as ZFS disk? > Right now it is only a single disk, but later on I'll and a second disk and > setup a mirror. Even as a single disk, the checksumming ability would be > nice. > > Should be fine > > > 2)Assume I get everything setup in regards to step 1 and my OS disk dies. > How do I go about importing the ZFS external disk into another FreeBSD > installation? > > > > Just make sure you plug it into a freebsd v 7.2+ (preferably 8+) and zpool import it with a -f flag On another point make sure your p4 has plenty of ram preferably 4gb, but at least 2 > Thanks for all of the help! > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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