Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:03:29 -0600 Scot Hetzel swhet...@gmail.com wrote: If you have a look at the Root On ZFS tutorial, it shows how to create a GPT formated system from the Fixit environment: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS Just FYI, this tutorial worked nicely with the memtick image, installing on a amd64 machine. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:54:06 +0100 Torfinn Ingolfsen torfinn.ingolf...@broadpark.no wrote: On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:03:29 -0600 Scot Hetzel swhet...@gmail.com wrote: If you have a look at the Root On ZFS tutorial, it shows how to create a GPT formated system from the Fixit environment: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS Just FYI, this tutorial worked nicely with the memtick image, s/memtick/memstick/ sigh. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
Hmm none of these instructions seem to work as the step where I need to do the install but the live cd doesnt contain /dist/8.0* hence I cant complete. How did people work around this? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Tom Evans On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ollivier Robert robe...@keltia.freenix.fr wrote: According to Steven Hartland: I've found a number things articles on how to achieve this on previous versions, but they are all quite complex and was hoping there was a nice easy way on 8.0 given the improvements listed in the release notes. Any pointers? A plug for my ZFS-on-ROOT howto here: http://www.keltia.net/howtos/zfsboot This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
According to Steven Hartland: Hmm none of these instructions seem to work as the step where I need to do the install but the live cd doesnt contain /dist/8.0* hence I cant complete. How did people work around this? Use the dvd1 or the bootonly ISO image. The former is easier as it has more packages but the latter ought to be enough. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- robe...@keltia.freenix.fr In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/ ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
Thanks to all those who responded the missing piece of data was indeed you MUST use the DVD, the CD which mentioned in several places simply doesn't work as it doesn't have the required files. It also still shocks me that the emergency holographic shell still doesn't have mount_ufs which pretty much makes it useless :( Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Ollivier Robert According to Steven Hartland: Hmm none of these instructions seem to work as the step where I need to do the install but the live cd doesnt contain /dist/8.0* hence I cant complete. How did people work around this? Use the dvd1 or the bootonly ISO image. The former is easier as it has more packages but the latter ought to be enough. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
2009/12/8 Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk: Thanks to all those who responded the missing piece of data was indeed you MUST use the DVD, the CD which mentioned in several places simply doesn't work as it doesn't have the required files. It also still shocks me that the emergency holographic shell still doesn't have mount_ufs which pretty much makes it useless :( Use mount (not mount_ufs). It mounts UFS by default. If you wanna use another FS, you should load kernel module - use kldload with full path to kernel module. For example, if you wanna load ext2fs module, type kldload /dist/boot/kernel/ext2fs.ko mount -t ext2fs device mountpoint ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
- Original Message - From: nickolas...@gmail.com 2009/12/8 Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk: Thanks to all those who responded the missing piece of data was indeed you MUST use the DVD, the CD which mentioned in several places simply doesn't work as it doesn't have the required files. It also still shocks me that the emergency holographic shell still doesn't have mount_ufs which pretty much makes it useless :( Use mount (not mount_ufs). It mounts UFS by default. If you wanna use another FS, you should load kernel module - use kldload with full path to kernel module. For example, if you wanna load ext2fs module, type kldload /dist/boot/kernel/ext2fs.ko mount -t ext2fs device mountpoint Pure mount doesn't exist either only mount_nfs, hell doesn't even have ls you have to use echo *, I know this is for use in emergencies but it still could do with being useable, but that's another thread. Regards Steve This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
On 12/2/09, Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk wrote: Looking at the release notes it seems FreeBSD 8 now supports booting from a GPT formatted partition but going through the installer it seems, please correct me if I'm wrong, that its still no possible to actually install using a standard disk1 to a clean machine with a large disk? I've found a number things articles on how to achieve this on previous versions, but they are all quite complex and was hoping there was a nice easy way on 8.0 given the improvements listed in the release notes. Any pointers? If you have a look at the Root On ZFS tutorial, it shows how to create a GPT formated system from the Fixit environment: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS Note: In step 4 it is using the size in sectors, but you can also use 4G instead of 8388608. Scot ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
According to Steven Hartland: I've found a number things articles on how to achieve this on previous versions, but they are all quite complex and was hoping there was a nice easy way on 8.0 given the improvements listed in the release notes. Any pointers? A plug for my ZFS-on-ROOT howto here: http://www.keltia.net/howtos/zfsboot -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- robe...@keltia.freenix.fr In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/ ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ollivier Robert robe...@keltia.freenix.fr wrote: According to Steven Hartland: I've found a number things articles on how to achieve this on previous versions, but they are all quite complex and was hoping there was a nice easy way on 8.0 given the improvements listed in the release notes. Any pointers? A plug for my ZFS-on-ROOT howto here: http://www.keltia.net/howtos/zfsboot This, like other howtos I've seen, seems to delight in making gpart as difficult and cumbersome to use as possible. This one is better than the ones on the wiki, who seem to think we should calculate the size of a partition in 512k blocks. Eg: gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd-boot da0..da164 KB boot gpart add -b 162 -s 1G -t freebsd-swap -l swapN da0..da1 1 GB swap gpart add -t freebsd-zfs da0..da1 7.5 GB rest Most of these arguments are unnecessary. gpart generally already knows where to put a partition (computers apparently are quite good at adding 2 numbers together), so specifying offsets just isn't necessary. This boils down to: gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot $dev gpart add -s 1G -t freebsd-swap -l swapN $dev gpart add -t freebsd-zfs $dev Cheers Tom ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
According to Tom Evans: Most of these arguments are unnecessary. gpart generally already knows where to put a partition (computers apparently are quite good at adding 2 numbers together), so specifying offsets just isn't necessary. This boils down to: I was not sure for the first two partitions so I found it more precise to specify them, knowing that the numbers don't change. Point taken though. PS: and I did simplify mine overtime ;-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- robe...@keltia.freenix.fr In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/ ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
Looking at the release notes it seems FreeBSD 8 now supports booting from a GPT formatted partition but going through the installer it seems, please correct me if I'm wrong, that its still no possible to actually install using a standard disk1 to a clean machine with a large disk? I've found a number things articles on how to achieve this on previous versions, but they are all quite complex and was hoping there was a nice easy way on 8.0 given the improvements listed in the release notes. Any pointers? Regards Steve This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 8 GPT install, how?
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Steven Hartland wrote: Looking at the release notes it seems FreeBSD 8 now supports booting from a GPT formatted partition but going through the installer it seems, please correct me if I'm wrong, that its still no possible to actually install using a standard disk1 to a clean machine with a large disk? I've found a number things articles on how to achieve this on previous versions, but they are all quite complex and was hoping there was a nice easy way on 8.0 given the improvements listed in the release notes. Unfortunately not, although work is in progress on teaching sysinstall about gpart. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
