FreeBSD 10 RELEASE amd64 how to install on single drive with encrypted ZFS root?

[David Christensen]

On 03/07/2014 01:28 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> The 10.0 installer does ZFS natively, which is why you can't find any
> instructions on how to set up ZFS manually on that platform.

Thanks for the reply.  :-)


I tried that, but ended up with a system that would not boot -- my BIOS 
didn't think the hard drive was bootable.


> However, to set up an encrypted root, you'll need to set up the
> encrypted partition with geli and then set up your ZFSes on top of that.
> Which is basically a manual job.
> You can follow the instructions here:
>     https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE
> except that after item (7) -- gnop -- you'll need to insert creating
> your encrypted partitions and then modify the subsequent bits to refer
> to the /dev/gpt/foo.eli devices you create.  As far as ZFS goes, the
> sequence is essentially the same for 9.0 as for 10.0 except that
> wherever it says to use lzjb, you should substitute lz4.

I don't have the knowledge or skills to accomplish the goals you've listed.


I'm looking for a console session I can study and type in, or a 
walk-through for the installer.


David