Re: ZFS / Boot Environments / Jails / Upgrading form Source Code

2012-10-19 Thread dweimer
On 2012-10-19 02:48, Shane Ambler wrote: On 19/10/2012 07:44, dweimer wrote: First step replace the usr/src within the jail with new source using svn, easy enough. Then start make buildworld... oops, I have a problem now, the usr/obj/usr stuff is now under /usr/obj/usr/jails/release91rc2...,

Re: ZFS / Boot Environments / Jails / Upgrading form Source Code

2012-10-19 Thread Shane Ambler
On 19/10/2012 07:44, dweimer wrote: First step replace the usr/src within the jail with new source using svn, easy enough. Then start make buildworld... oops, I have a problem now, the usr/obj/usr stuff is now under /usr/obj/usr/jails/release91rc2..., However I want it to be under /usr/jails/r

Re: ZFS boot with two disks

2010-08-03 Thread krad
On 2 August 2010 20:06, Joshua Isom wrote: > I'm wanting to set up a simple home file server and basic dev box with > FreeBSD. I have two 500GB disks that I want to put in it, one of which is > empty after cleaning up. I hope to use gpt and zfs for the disks, but I'm > unsure about some parts.

Re: ZFS boot

2009-10-15 Thread Anselm Strauss
I just ran into the very same problem, although I use UFS instead of ZFS, but I think this doesn't matter for this problem. I updated to tinyBIOS v0.99h and now it works fine. Cheers, Anselm > Hi, > > I'm trying to boot a PC-engines board off GPT+ZFS, but the GPT MBR does not > support CHS layo

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/14/09, Tim Gustafson wrote: >> Valid point. I didn't make the clarification that I should >> have. graid3 and gmirror have reached the maturity and >> dedicated to the system, whereas ZFS is still experimental. >> When ZFS is no longer considered experimental, I would expect >> ZFS support i

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Gustafson
> Valid point. I didn't make the clarification that I should > have. graid3 and gmirror have reached the maturity and > dedicated to the system, whereas ZFS is still experimental. > When ZFS is no longer considered experimental, I would expect > ZFS support in the installer in the same expectation

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/14/09, Tim Gustafson wrote: >> From: "Tim Judd" >> I don't use ZFS, UFS2 works fine for me. I would find it >> ridiculous to see ZFS support in the installer, but all GEOM >> should be supported. Especially the raid3 and mirror. > > So, you like the idea of including RAID3 and mirror becau

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Steve Bertrand
Jason Garrett wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:48, Tim Gustafson wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was wondering if there was a plan or time line in place to support ZFS >> boot partitions in the installer. I Googled around a bit and found some >> how-to documents for setting it up in a hacky kind of wa

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Gustafson
I'm responding to two people's comments here in one response. :) > From: "Brian A. Seklecki" > I make the suggestions because you're asking about an > advanced topic, so I gave you an honest answer. Honest answers are appreciated. :) I'm not saying that the way you suggested was invalid, jus

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 08:58 -0700, Tim Gustafson wrote: > then there's no reason that the functionality couldn't or shouldn't be > built into the installer. With a few machines, yes. Once you get to 5 or 6, start building your own custom internal ISOs, and maintain your configuration templates in

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/14/09, Tim Gustafson wrote: >> No one has gone near that stuff in years. We don't even >> have gmirror(8) creation support in there. Best not to use >> sysinst. The livefs image has all of the tools that you >> need to bootstrap a system. > > That's a silly answer. The way to get more peop

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Gustafson
> No one has gone near that stuff in years. We don't even > have gmirror(8) creation support in there. Best not to use > sysinst. The livefs image has all of the tools that you > need to bootstrap a system. That's a silly answer. The way to get more people to use FreeBSD is to make the install

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 09:48 -0700, Tim Gustafson wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a plan or time line in place to support > ZFS boot partitions in the installer. No one has gone near that stuff in years. We don't even have gmirror(8) creation support in there. Best not to use sysi

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-04 Thread Tim Gustafson
> I wouldn't recommend using zfs at all right now, unless you want > random crashes and lots of missing data.. ESPECIALLY in 8.0,1,2 > versions. I'm using 7.2 at the moment with a standard UFS2 boot partition and a 500GB ZFS pool. My ZFS pool actually seems pretty stable. I did a "make -j 16 b

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-04 Thread Jason Garrett
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:48, Tim Gustafson wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a plan or time line in place to support ZFS > boot partitions in the installer. I Googled around a bit and found some > how-to documents for setting it up in a hacky kind of way, but the > impression I got

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-04 Thread chris scott
My zfs only system works fine but it based on 8-beta2 built around 16 May( will be rebuilding soon) The main thing to remember to do it make sure your have zfs_loader_support="yes" in your src of make.conf I based my install on this howto http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot#installFreeB

Re: ZFS Boot Support from Installer

2009-08-04 Thread Mark Stapper
Tim Gustafson wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a plan or time line in place to support ZFS boot > partitions in the installer. I Googled around a bit and found some how-to > documents for setting it up in a hacky kind of way, but the impression I got > is that support for ZFS parti