Starting with ZFS on fresh install

2013-01-28 Thread Carmel
I have a spare amd64 PC that I want to install FreeBSD 9.x on. I want it to utilize ZFS right from the start. There are two HD's in the PC. One will handle the /var partition and the other everything else. The last FBSD installer I used was on the 7.x branch. Does the new installer in the 9.x

Re: Starting with ZFS on fresh install

2013-01-28 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:55:06 -0500, Carmel wrote: I have a spare amd64 PC that I want to install FreeBSD 9.x on. I want it to utilize ZFS right from the start. There are two HD's in the PC. One will handle the /var partition and the other everything else. The last FBSD installer I used was on

Re: Starting with ZFS on fresh install

2013-01-28 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 28 Jan 2013 12:55:06 Carmel wrote: I have a spare amd64 PC that I want to install FreeBSD 9.x on. I want it to utilize ZFS right from the start. There are two HD's in the PC. One will handle the /var partition and the other everything else. If you're going to be using ZFS then

Re: Starting with ZFS on fresh install

2013-01-28 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, Carmel wrote: I have a spare amd64 PC that I want to install FreeBSD 9.x on. I want it to utilize ZFS right from the start. There are two HD's in the PC. One will handle the /var partition and the other everything else. The last FBSD installer I used was on the 7.x branch.

Re: Starting with ZFS on fresh install

2013-01-28 Thread Paul Kraus
On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Mike Clarke wrote: If you're going to be using ZFS then you'll probably be better off not having separate partitions and letting ZFS manage space allocation if you want to limit the size of /var or any other part of the system, You can manage space within a ZFS