Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 14:17:49 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing to RaidZ-1 Message-ID: <f2172dff-3df5-de3f-cb45-8f516710016e@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <861syg5z7a.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> References: <e611c60c-9722-57d7-4261-b41afa8bb4ac@columbus.rr.com> <861syg5z7a.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org>
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On 11/12/16 13:29, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > Baho Utot writes: > >> I want to reinstall my desktop system using a raidz-1 filesystem using >> the current installation image for usb drive. Reading the handbook I >> find that bsdinstall will not do the installation I want. I am using 4 >> 1TB drives and I want to partition to 800GB and install the raidz >> there. Can I create a raidz storage pool manually and then use >> bsdinstall or will I have to manually install freebsd not using bsdinstall? >> >> How do I do this? > When the installer reaches the disk partitioning stage, it will present > you with a list of options, one of which is "Shell." This will drop you > to a shell instance where you can manually create your partitions and > your zpool. A brief message will appear when you first enter the shell > with basic instructions: > > 1. Mount your custom partitions with /mnt as the root of the system. In > this case, use the `-R /mnt` flag when creating the pool so your new > root ZFS filesystem is mounted there. > > 2. Create a custom fstab file and place it in /bsdinstall_etc. I'm not > sure how necessary this is if you aren't using fstab to mount any ZFS > filesystems; that is, I don't know if the installer will try to stick > its own fstab into the installed system if a custom one isn't present. If it will boot I can fix up the /etc/fstab if needed > Once you exit the shell the installer will proceed as normal: installing > everything to the mounted disks/filesystems, adding users, etc. After > the installation, you'll want to choose the option to drop to a shell > again in order to edit /boot/loader.conf and /etc/rc.conf, make sure no > invalid fstab file has been installed (if necessary) and set the > "bootfs=" property on your new pool. > > Ok I will try this thanks
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