Re: Adding another mirror to existing ZFS-root mirror?

2013-07-17 Thread krad
It should boot, although i havent run that configuration myself so cant say for certain have a look at gpart backup and restore for the labels, as you might as well make them the same and expand any swap space across all four drives. DOnt forget to install the bootloader as well Alternatively you

Adding another mirror to existing ZFS-root mirror?

2013-07-15 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi, I have the current situation: sdb@gigawattmomma$ zpool status zroot NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM zroot ONLINE 0 0 0 mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 gpt/disk0 ONLINE 0 0 0 gpt/disk1 O

Re: SPAM: Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-26 Thread bw.mail.lists
On 02/26/2013 04:31 PM, Chad M Stewart wrote: I've been down this road recently with 9.1-release. I ended up adding these lines to end of my script ## The next two are "hacks" in my book, without the last line, on reboot ## it gets stuck trying to find zfs:zroot/ROOT, but somehow the -f or r

Re: SPAM: Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-26 Thread Chad M Stewart
I've been down this road recently with 9.1-release. I ended up adding these lines to end of my script ## The next two are "hacks" in my book, without the last line, on reboot ## it gets stuck trying to find zfs:zroot/ROOT, but somehow the -f or reboot "fixes" # this quirk zpool export zroot z

Re: SPAM: Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-25 Thread dweimer
mailing list, the subject of the thread is "[HEADSUP] zfs root pool mounting", if you chose to search for it on your own. on 28/11/2012 20:35 Andriy Gapon said the following: Recently some changes were made to how a root pool is opened for root filesystem mounting. Previously the

Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-25 Thread bw
That was my understanding, too, but the instructions on the wiki say there's no need to copy the cache file. In fact, there is no cache file to copy, since the pool is created with zpool create -o altroot=/mnt -O canmount=off zroot mirror /dev/gpt/g0zfs /dev/gpt/g1zfs No cache file. The w

Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-25 Thread Paul Kraus
On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:14 AM, bw wrote: > On 02/25/2013 03:13 PM, Paul Kraus wrote: >> On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:42 AM, bw.mail.lists wrote: >> >>> Basically, I tried to follow >>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE, but ended up >>> with a system that didn't know how to mo

Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-25 Thread bw
On 02/25/2013 03:13 PM, Paul Kraus wrote: On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:42 AM, bw.mail.lists wrote: Basically, I tried to follow https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE, but ended up with a system that didn't know how to mount /. There are two scripts attached. I did not see any

Re: ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-25 Thread Paul Kraus
On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:42 AM, bw.mail.lists wrote: > Basically, I tried to follow > https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE, but ended up with > a system that didn't know how to mount /. > > There are two scripts attached. I did not see any attachments. > The main differen

ZFS root, error 2 when mounting root

2013-02-24 Thread bw.mail.lists
Basically, I tried to follow https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE, but ended up with a system that didn't know how to mount /. There are two scripts attached. zfsnocache.sh follows the instructions on the wiki. The system booted just fine, but when it got to the part wher

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-11 Thread David Christensen
On 07/09/2012 10:14 PM, Vladislav wrote: You can use PC-BSD installer and install FreeBSD with an encrypted ZFS root. Okay. :-) David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-11 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 11/07/2012 16:25, Joseph Lenox wrote: > On 07/09/2012 06:55 PM, David Christensen wrote: >> I wrote: >> >> >> https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2012/05/06/full-disk-encryption-with-zfs-root-for-freebsd-9-x/ >> >> >> On 07/09/2012 09:43 AM, Colin Barnaba

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-11 Thread Joseph Lenox
On 07/09/2012 06:55 PM, David Christensen wrote: I wrote: >> https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2012/05/06/full-disk-encryption-with-zfs-root-for-freebsd-9-x/ On 07/09/2012 09:43 AM, Colin Barnabas wrote: Perhaps this will help- http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ Thanks f

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-09 Thread Vladislav
n and Windows. It appears FreeBSD doesn't have that feature. > > > David > > You can use PC-BSD installer and install FreeBSD with an encrypted ZFS root. I am using this setup on my laptop. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-09 Thread David Christensen
I wrote: >> https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2012/05/06/full-disk-encryption-with-zfs-root-for-freebsd-9-x/ On 07/09/2012 09:43 AM, Colin Barnabas wrote: Perhaps this will help- http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ Thanks for the reply. :-) STFW I already found various

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-09 Thread Colin Barnabas
Perhaps this will help- http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 07:13:05AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > freebsd-questions: > > It is possible to install FreeBSD with an encrypted ZFS root and > encrypted swap using FreeBSD-9.0-RELEAS

encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-09 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: It is possible to install FreeBSD with an encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap using FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1? I'm looking for something similar to the Debian installer, which provides disk partitioning, file system creation, mounts, LUKS, LVM, etc.. TIA,

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012, dick wrote: Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My quest

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Fritz Wuehler
> > I'd use tar or cpio or pax or something. zfs has tools built in for this man zfs and look for "send" with the recursive option ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscrib

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Op 7-2-2012 15:18, William Brown schreef: On 07/02/2012, at 22:25, dick wrote: Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this s

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:18 AM, William Brown wrote: > Why not use the ZFS send / receive command? and how well does that work on UFS filesystems? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-question

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread William Brown
On 07/02/2012, at 22:25, dick wrote: > Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: >> On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: >>> I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots >>> but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this >>> system to a UFS virtual FreeBS

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread George Kontostanos
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:55 PM, dick wrote: > Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: > >> On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: >>> >>> I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots >>> but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this >>> system to a UFS vi

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread dick
Op 7-2-2012 12:23, Vincent Hoffman schreef: On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a

Re: Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 07/02/2012 11:00, dick wrote: > I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots > but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this > system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. > My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other > directories? > Du

Dump Restore on ZFS root system

2012-02-07 Thread dick
I run a ZFS on root FreeBSD system. I know I can backup with snapshots but I want a dump/restore action because I want to transfer this system to a UFS virtual FreeBSD machine. My question is: will dump / (root) make a dump of *ALL* other directories? yanta# df -h Filesystem

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem -- SOLVED

2012-01-09 Thread krad
On 9 January 2012 01:31, Matt Mullins wrote: > Whoops, I missed this message before posting my reply a few minutes ago. > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Drew Tomlinson > wrote: > > Yes, although I've read that 'zfs set mountpoint=/ zroot' is acceptable > as > > well. I set mine to "/" after

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem -- SOLVED

2012-01-08 Thread Matt Mullins
Whoops, I missed this message before posting my reply a few minutes ago. On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > Yes, although I've read that 'zfs set mountpoint=/ zroot' is acceptable as > well.  I set mine to "/" after trying to import pool with '-o altroot=/mnt' > in LiveCD.  W

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-08 Thread Matt Mullins
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I'm attempting a new install of 9.0-RC3 amd64.  My system has 4 500 GB > drives.  Using this tutorial as a guide: > > http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ When I built my ZFS-root system, I did most of the

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread Mark Felder
On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:29:01 -0600, wrote: On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felder wrote: Hi Drew, I'm pretty sure you can't run a RAIDZ as your root pool. That's likely the problem. Kind of sucks, I know :-( You can use raidz1 as your root pool. I'm running it right now on my 9.0

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 1/7/2012 8:39 AM, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 7 Jan 2012, Drew Tomlinson wrote: Unfortunately because I can't figure out how to get a LiveCD type environment with sshd running, I can't copy and paste exact error messages or command outputs. Martin Matuska's excellent mfsBSD can do that: h

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem -- SOLVED

2012-01-07 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 1/7/2012 8:29 AM, APseudoUtopia wrote: On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felder wrote: Hi Drew, I'm pretty sure you can't run a RAIDZ as your root pool. That's likely the problem. Kind of sucks, I know :-( You can use raidz1 as your root pool. I'm running it right now on my 9.0 system

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 7 Jan 2012, Drew Tomlinson wrote: Unfortunately because I can't figure out how to get a LiveCD type environment with sshd running, I can't copy and paste exact error messages or command outputs. Martin Matuska's excellent mfsBSD can do that: http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ One of the new FreeBS

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of January 7, 2012 10:14:00 AM -0600, Mark Felder is alleged to have said: Hi Drew, I'm pretty sure you can't run a RAIDZ as your root pool. That's likely the problem. Kind of sucks, I know :-( --As for the rest, it is mine. I've been running RAIDZ as a root pool for months. (Under 8.

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread APseudoUtopia
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felder wrote: > Hi Drew, > > I'm pretty sure you can't run a RAIDZ as your root pool. That's likely the > problem. Kind of sucks, I know :-( > You can use raidz1 as your root pool. I'm running it right now on my 9.0 system. Drew: My first suggestion is to co

Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread Mark Felder
Hi Drew, I'm pretty sure you can't run a RAIDZ as your root pool. That's likely the problem. Kind of sucks, I know :-( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem

2012-01-07 Thread Drew Tomlinson
I'm attempting a new install of 9.0-RC3 amd64. My system has 4 500 GB drives. Using this tutorial as a guide: http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ I created a boot and a freebsd-zfs partition on each drive. Then I created a raid1z pool using all 4 drives. I followed the re

Re: ZFS root mount problem

2011-03-02 Thread Patrick Gibson
Thank you! Google Translate has helped some, and I will give that all a try this morning. Patrick On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Elias Chrysocheris wrote: > On Wednesday 02 of March 2011 00:22:28 Patrick Gibson wrote: >> I'm installing 8.2 on a server using the instruction

Re: ZFS root mount problem

2011-03-02 Thread Elias Chrysocheris
On Wednesday 02 of March 2011 00:22:28 Patrick Gibson wrote: > I'm installing 8.2 on a server using the instructions for ZFS root > filesystem (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot), and when I > reboot after installing, it says: > > Root mount waiting for: usb

ZFS root mount problem

2011-03-01 Thread Patrick Gibson
I'm installing 8.2 on a server using the instructions for ZFS root filesystem (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot), and when I reboot after installing, it says: Root mount waiting for: usbus4 followed by: ROOT MOUNT ERROR When I did the initial install, I booted using a CD, and

ZFS root BTX Loader very slow

2010-03-26 Thread Gianni
ive G: is disk5 _ No errors appear and eventually the system boots normally from the zfs root. Any ideas why it's taking so long at this stage? what is actually going on at this point? Thanks Gianni___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: amd64 8.0 with zfs root and raidz ?

2010-03-23 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Gene" == Gene writes: Gene> I'm still working out just what everything does, but the one thing I've Gene> noticed is that it doesn't address raidz at all. Can anyone direct me to any Gene> docs that might help? Or does anyone know where in the wiki page's intructions Gene> raidz might b

amd64 8.0 with zfs root and raidz ?

2010-03-23 Thread Gene
Hi: I want to install amd64 8.0, using zfs (root included) on a fresh system containing 3 drives, ad0, ad1, ad2. I'm looking at this from the wiki: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot I'm still working out just what everything does, but the one thing I've noticed is

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-28 Thread krad
On 27 January 2010 23:18, Dan Naumov wrote: > >I didn't want a mirror though, I wanted a stripe. > > > >I still don't understand why what I'm doing isn't working. > > As far as I know, having the root pool on a stripe isn't supported. > > OpenSolaris supports having the root pool on a "simple" po

RE: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-27 Thread Dan Naumov
>I didn't want a mirror though, I wanted a stripe. > >I still don't understand why what I'm doing isn't working. As far as I know, having the root pool on a stripe isn't supported. OpenSolaris supports having the root pool on a "simple" pool and a mirror pool. FreeBSD supports having the root poo

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-27 Thread Ross Penner
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:59 PM, krad wrote: > > > 2010/1/27 Ross Penner >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Randal L. Schwartz >> wrote: >> >> "Ross" == Ross Penner writes: >> > >> > Ross> That seems to have been the problem. >> > >> > Yes, what I learned the hard way is that every sing

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-27 Thread krad
2010/1/27 Ross Penner > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Randal L. Schwartz > wrote: > >> "Ross" == Ross Penner writes: > > > > Ross> That seems to have been the problem. > > > > Yes, what I learned the hard way is that every single step there needs to > be > > precisely followed, without d

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-27 Thread Ross Penner
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Ross" == Ross Penner writes: > > Ross> That seems to have been the problem. > > Yes, what I learned the hard way is that every single step there needs to be > precisely followed, without deviation, even if you don't understand it

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread krad
2010/1/26 Randal L. Schwartz > > "krad" == krad writes: > > krad> Not sure if there will be any issues with hostid being different. I > krad> presume the pool is imported with a -f option on boot > > No. The bootloader will not work with drives that were not imported at > time > of shutdow

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "krad" == krad writes: krad> Not sure if there will be any issues with hostid being different. I krad> presume the pool is imported with a -f option on boot No. The bootloader will not work with drives that were not imported at time of shutdown. One of the things I learned the hard way.

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Ross" == Ross Penner writes: Ross> That seems to have been the problem. Yes, what I learned the hard way is that every single step there needs to be precisely followed, without deviation, even if you don't understand it or think it's important. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Cons

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread krad
2010/1/26 krad > > > 2010/1/26 Steve Bertrand > > krad wrote: >> > 2010/1/26 Ross Penner >> > >> >> That seems to have been the problem. >> >> >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos > > >> >> wrote: >> >>> I had the same issue because i forgot to

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread krad
2010/1/26 Steve Bertrand > krad wrote: > > 2010/1/26 Ross Penner > > > >> That seems to have been the problem. > >> > >> Thanks for the help. > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos > >> wrote: > >>> I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under > >>> /zr

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread Steve Bertrand
krad wrote: > 2010/1/26 Ross Penner > >> That seems to have been the problem. >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos >> wrote: >>> I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under >>> /zroot/boot/zfs. > once you have generated the zpo

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread krad
2010/1/26 Ross Penner > That seems to have been the problem. > > Thanks for the help. > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos > wrote: > > I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under > > /zroot/boot/zfs. > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Ross Penner >

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread Ross Penner
That seems to have been the problem. Thanks for the help. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos wrote: > I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under > /zroot/boot/zfs. > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Ross Penner wrote: >> I'm trying to set up a system usin

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-26 Thread Elias Chrysocheris
On Tuesday 26 of January 2010 03:29:07 George Liaskos wrote: > I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under > /zroot/boot/zfs. > Yes, that is also mandatory. I forgot to mention... Elias ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-25 Thread George Liaskos
I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under /zroot/boot/zfs. On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Ross Penner wrote: > I'm trying to set up a system using ZFS as the root filesystem. I > followed this guide: (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot). > Everything went swi

Re: Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-25 Thread Elias Chrysocheris
On Monday 25 of January 2010 23:31:26 Ross Penner wrote: > I'm trying to set up a system using ZFS as the root filesystem. I > followed this guide: (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot). > Everything went swimmingly until I rebooted and the system failed to > load. > > output: > > FreeBS

Help booting FreeBSD with a ZFS root filesystem

2010-01-25 Thread Ross Penner
I'm trying to set up a system using ZFS as the root filesystem. I followed this guide: (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot). Everything went swimmingly until I rebooted and the system failed to load. output: FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (root@, Mon Jan 25 13:03:11 UTC 201

Re: zfs root

2009-10-15 Thread krad
2009/10/3 krad > Hi, > > I have a quick question about freebsd on zfs root. I have built a few test > systems all work fine. I have one question though. Does the loader replay > any information when it accesses the pool? > > Basically im interested in how or what is don

zfs root

2009-10-14 Thread krad
Hi, I have a quick question about freebsd on zfs root. I have built a few test systems all work fine. I have one question though. Does the loader replay any information when it accesses the pool? Basically im interested in how or what is done on reboot after the kernel panic or power loss. Are

zfs root

2009-10-03 Thread krad
Hi, I have a quick question about freebsd on zfs root. I have built a few test systems all work fine. I have one question though. Does the loader replay any information when it accesses the pool? Basically im interested in how or what is done on reboot after the kernel panic or power loss. Are

Updating 7.1 kernel using zfs root

2009-02-27 Thread Andrew Moran
Hey guys, I'm currently running on FreeBSD 7.1 AMD64 using a ZFS filesystem, but my /boot folder is linked to a UFS filesytem (/bootdir). I set it up following the instructions here: http://www.ish.com.au/solutions/articles/freebsdzfs In a nut shell: Install a minimal FreeBSd 7.1 fr

Re: zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-03 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Although ZFS is probably more mature than you are making it sound here, it is true that gmirror is becoming very reliable and servicable. ever used gmirror? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebs

Re: zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 04:04:38PM -0700, Tim Judd wrote: > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Omer Faruk Sen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can I use zfs on / using FreeBSD 7.1? I also use > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/script > > to create mirror i

Re: zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-02 Thread Tim Judd
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Wojciech Puchar < woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > FreeBSD decides to kill ZFS support, you'll be stuck with a unbootable >> disk. I'd stick with the more mature, tested methods like gmirror or >> gvinum. Nothing beats a hardware raid though. >> > IMHO "ha

Re: zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
FreeBSD decides to kill ZFS support, you'll be stuck with a unbootable disk. I'd stick with the more mature, tested methods like gmirror or gvinum. Nothing beats a hardware raid though. IMHO "hardware" RAID beats nothing. it's mostly crap. gmirror/gstripe/gconcat works well and always

Re: zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-02 Thread Tim Judd
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Omer Faruk Sen wrote: > Hi, > > Can I use zfs on / using FreeBSD 7.1? I also use > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/script > to create mirror is > there such a a tool for ZFS to use on Fbsd 7.1? > > Regards. > Are y

Re: zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-02 Thread Daniel Lannstrom
On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 04:18:28PM +0200, Omer Faruk Sen wrote: > Can I use zfs on / using FreeBSD 7.1? Yes. But you need a /boot partition so the bootloader can find the kernel. See http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot and http://www.ish.com.au/solutions/articles/freebsdzfs

zfs root partition boot?

2009-02-02 Thread Omer Faruk Sen
Hi, Can I use zfs on / using FreeBSD 7.1? I also use http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ script to create mirror is there such a a tool for ZFS to use on Fbsd 7.1? Regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mail