On 22 Jun 2011, at 22:22, krad <kra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 June 2011 21:23, Matthew Seaman <m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk>wrote: > >> On 21/06/2011 20:01, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: >>> I'd like to install FreeBSD (pcbsd) on a (zfs) mirror >>> In OpenSolaris you can install directly to the zfs mirror, but how's >>> this in this situation> After all, an UFS partitin is also created. How >>> can I get the equivalent of an OpenSolaris mirrored install for a >>> FreeBSD system? >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror >> >> Cheers >> >> Matthew >> >> -- >> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard >> Flat 3 >> PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate >> JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW >> >> > > its dead easy to do retrospective as well no need to rebuild or ditch the > pcbsd install method. > > X = current boot drive > Y = blank drive > z = zfs partition/slice eg s1d, p3 etc > > gpart backup /dev/X | gpart restore /dev/Y > Hey that's pretty cool, does this work to copy from a small disk to a bigger one like dump does, or do the partitions have to be the same size ? > gpart bootcode -b /zfsboot/pmbr -p /zfsboot/(gpt)*zfsboot -i 1 /dev/Y > zpool attach <pool> /dev/Xz /dev/Yz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"