Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:32:18 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: "Ernst W. Winter" <ewinter@ewinter.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation of zfs Message-ID: <20080617213218.GA27283@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <20080617202026.GA1997@ewinter.org> References: <26377.150.101.214.246.1213676733.squirrel@legios.org> <20080617202026.GA1997@ewinter.org>
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:20:26PM +0200, Ernst W. Winter wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Mark Gladman(legios.org) wrote: > > [cut] > > >> Hey there, > > >> > > >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSQuickStartGuide is a good quickstart guide. > > >> > > > Thanks, just had a look and looks good, ecept for this: > > > > > > zpool create tank raidz da0 da1 da2 > > > > > > Does it have to have "raidz"? > > > > > >> I also recommend reading through http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS for > > >> additional information. > > >> > > > Thank you, will do that too. > > > > > > I will have a bit more time this afternoon and then try to get it > > > going again as I try to setup with this HD a new one with the new > > > kde4. > > > > > >> Cheers, > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > >> Mark > > >> > > > Ernst > > > > > Hm.. Not sure my messages are actually going to the mailing > > list (given you responded and my email hasn't shown up on it > > yet). > > > well this one will. > > > In any case, no, if you don't want there to be any raid etc. > > just an array of disks you can use zpool create tank da0 da1 > > da2. (if I remember correctly - I don't have a machine with me > > at work I can test it on). > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html > > ans > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zfs&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html > > are fairly digestable too, if you get the chance. > > > Got it all going and then compiled it all with make buildworld > and kernel, when I try to restart in single user mode I don't > have the /usr directory. What could have happen? You'll need to mount -a once in single-user to get all of your filesystems. Unless you're referring to /usr being on ZFS, which in that case you'll need to run "/etc/rc.d/hostid start", then "/etc/rc.d/zfs start". Your pools should load automatically. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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