8.0-RC1 ZFS-root installscript

Philipp Wuensche cryx-freebsd at h3q.com
Tue Oct 6 12:03:48 UTC 2009


Hi,

if anyone has some spare empty disks and always wanted to try out a
FreeBSD zfs-root installation, feel free to test
http://anonsvn.h3q.com/projects/freebsd-patches/export/45/manageBE/create-zfsboot-gpt_livecd.sh.
This script will install FreeBSD onto a GPT based ZFS-root from the
Fixit console of a 8.0-RC1 livefs-CD, maybe from the memstick too,
haven't tested that.

As the livefs on the CD does not include any freebsd packages, you need
network connection before running the script.

You can use more than one disk to create a zfsroot-mirror. All ZFS
tuning recommendations do apply.

WARNING: this script will remove any data on the disks you use!

Feel free to send bugreports to me.

greetings,
philipp



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