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

[dweimer]

On 03/07/2014 12:03 pm, David Christensen wrote:
> On 03/07/2014 06:18 AM, dweimer wrote:
>> Actually, when using the 10 installer after you select ZFS install, 
>> you
>> get an options screen that allows you to configure it to use 
>> encryption.
>> Full options configurable are as follows:
>> Pool Type/Disks
>> Poll Name
>> Force 4k Sectors
>> Encrypt Disks
>> Partition Scheme
>> Swap Size
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
>> I did a test install in vmware with the encryption options with no
>> problems.  However I did end up choosing the manual method when I did 
>> my
>> laptop setup for one simple reason.  I wanted to understand it fully 
>> in
>> case I ran into a boot issue down the road and needed to go through a
>> recovery process, and couldn't think of a better to know I understood 
>> it
>> better than manually doing the setup.
> 
> Understanding how to build a bootable disk with FreeBSD and encrypted
> ZFS root by hand, and being able to make adjustments as desired, are
> worthy goals.  But for now, I just want to get a working system by the
> simplest means.  If I can use the installer to produce a bootable
> system with encrypted ZFS root, I'll be happy.
> 
> 
> David
> 
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So the only error you received was no bootable disk found after the 
install?

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Thanks,
    Dean E. Weimer
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