Tips for shell based partitioning during install

[Ultima]

> zpool create zroot raidz2 /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1 /dev/gpt/disk3
... etc.
> cannot mount '/zroot': failed to create mountpoint

Use the -R option to change the mountpoint, root directory. -R /mnt would
work. It is trying to create the directory /zroot and fails because the
root is read only.

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Peter Pauly <ppauly at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using the option in the installer where you go out to a shell prompt
> during the partitioning step in the installer on FreeBSD 11-Release and
> booted off of the CD. All is going well until I get to this step:
>
> zpool create zroot raidz2 /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1 /dev/gpt/disk3 ...
> etc.
> cannot mount '/zroot': failed to create mountpoint
>
> The instructions when going out to the shell say I have to mount the
> filesystem under /mnt but /mnt is read-only.
>
> I tried to use the Guided Auto (ZFS) but it doesn't work with more than 10
> drives.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
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