ps you dont need the ufs file system  just go zfs root. For recovery have a
full install of bsd on a pen drive.

On 22 June 2011 21:22, krad <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On 21 June 2011 21:23, Matthew Seaman <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> On 21/06/2011 20:01, Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
>> > I'd like to install FreeBSD (pcbsd) on a (zfs) mirror
>> > In OpenSolaris you can install directly to the zfs mirror, but how's
>> > this in this situation> After all, an UFS partitin is also created. How
>> > can I get the equivalent of an OpenSolaris mirrored install for a
>> > FreeBSD system?
>>
>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror
>>
>>        Cheers
>>
>>        Matthew
>>
>> --
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>>
>
> its dead easy to do retrospective as well no need to  rebuild or ditch the
> pcbsd install method.
>
> X = current boot drive
> Y = blank drive
> z = zfs partition/slice eg s1d, p3 etc
>
> gpart backup /dev/X | gpart restore /dev/Y
>
> gpart bootcode -b /zfsboot/pmbr -p /zfsboot/(gpt)*zfsboot -i 1 /dev/Y
> zpool attach <pool> /dev/Xz /dev/Yz
>
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