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
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
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
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
On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:42 AM, bw.mail.lists bw.mail.li...@gmail.com 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.
On 02/25/2013 03:13 PM, Paul Kraus wrote:
On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:42 AM, bw.mail.lists bw.mail.li...@gmail.com 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
On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:14 AM, bw bw.mail.li...@gmail.com wrote:
On 02/25/2013 03:13 PM, Paul Kraus wrote:
On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:42 AM, bw.mail.lists bw.mail.li...@gmail.com wrote:
Basically, I tried to follow
https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE, but ended up
with a
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
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 root pool had to be present in
zpool.cache. Now
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
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
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 Barnabas wrote:
Perhaps this will help-
http://www.aisecure.net/2011
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,
David
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-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1?
I'm
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
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?
Dump
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
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 1:55 PM, dick d...@nagual.nl 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
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 FreeBSD machine.
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
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net 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
Whoops, I missed this message before posting my reply a few minutes ago.
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net 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
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
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 :-(
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On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felder f...@feld.me 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
--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
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
On 1/7/2012 8:29 AM, APseudoUtopia wrote:
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felderf...@feld.me 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
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:
On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:29:01 -0600, apseudouto...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felder f...@feld.me 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
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: usbus4
followed by:
ROOT MOUNT
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 then from the
8.2 livefs on a USB stick. I'm
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
: 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?
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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 that it doesn't
Gene == Gene f...@brightstar.bomgardner.net 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
On 27 January 2010 23:18, Dan Naumov dan.nau...@gmail.com 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
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
mer...@stonehenge.com wrote:
Ross == Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com 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,
2010/1/27 Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
mer...@stonehenge.com wrote:
Ross == Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com writes:
Ross That seems to have been the problem.
Yes, what I learned the hard way is that every single step there
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:59 PM, krad kra...@googlemail.com wrote:
2010/1/27 Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
mer...@stonehenge.com wrote:
Ross == Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com writes:
Ross That seems to have been the problem.
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 pool on
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
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That seems to have been the problem.
Thanks for the help.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com 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 ross.pen...@gmail.com
2010/1/26 Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com
That seems to have been the problem.
Thanks for the help.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com
wrote:
I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under
/zroot/boot/zfs.
On Mon, Jan 25,
krad wrote:
2010/1/26 Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com
That seems to have been the problem.
Thanks for the help.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com
wrote:
I had the same issue because i forgot to copy the zpool.cache under
/zroot/boot/zfs.
once you
2010/1/26 Steve Bertrand st...@ibctech.ca
krad wrote:
2010/1/26 Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com
That seems to have been the problem.
Thanks for the help.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com
wrote:
I had the same issue because i forgot to copy
2010/1/26 krad kra...@googlemail.com
2010/1/26 Steve Bertrand st...@ibctech.ca
krad wrote:
2010/1/26 Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com
That seems to have been the problem.
Thanks for the help.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com
wrote:
I
Ross == Ross Penner ross.pen...@gmail.com 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. :)
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krad == krad kra...@googlemail.com 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
2010/1/26 Randal L. Schwartz mer...@stonehenge.com
krad == krad kra...@googlemail.com 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
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
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:
FreeBSD/i386
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 ross.pen...@gmail.com 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).
2009/10/3 krad kra...@googlemail.com
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
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
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
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
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 omerf...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Can I use zfs on / using FreeBSD 7.1? I also use
http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/http://people.freebsd.org/%7Erse/mirror/script
to create
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?
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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.
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On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Omer Faruk Sen omerf...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Can I use zfs on / using FreeBSD 7.1? I also use
http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/http://people.freebsd.org/%7Erse/mirror/script
to create mirror is
there such a a tool for ZFS to use on Fbsd 7.1?
Regards.
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
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
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 hardware
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