yeah I think I will rsync the mails.

that would be better.

I read blogs and I believe postfix is best.

better than sendmail.

I ll try doing this tonight

If you want an reliable mail, just don't selfhost one

By self-hosting you mean setting up and using the mail server on your own computer on your own network?

Hi thankyou

I have another freebsd installation where it has package files in /var/cache/pkg Can I just copy them to my /var/cache/pkg directory so I wouldn't have to redownload them again?

I have another freebsd installation where it has package files in /var/cache/pkg Can I just copy them to my /var/cache/pkg directory so I wouldn't have to redownload them again?

You will have to run pkg install after copying the directory, but it could work if OS version and arch are the same in both versions. I never did it tho

I'm back ...

Seems so (:

I'm back ...

Welcome

Welcome

Guys, this handsome and bold man is my freebsd teacher

He made me step on the other free lands

Guys, this handsome and bold man is my freebsd teacher

Thx bro

Hey guys, I've been searching for days for a guide to install FreeBSD Root on ZFS into a slice (or main partition in Windows) and dual boot with WIndows on a single disk. The machine only supports legacy Bios so I am using MBR partition scheme. Is there a step by step tutorial for that? Really need some help here. Thank you!

The disk now contains two NTFS partitions (one for Windows system and the other for data storage). I want to use about 300G at the end of the disk for FreeBSD, maybe a 4G swap partition and the rest is for a ZFS pool.

I've been following https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition , http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html and https://jjba.dev/posts/freebsd-root-on-zfs-partitions/ on a VBox machine but no luck yet.

I've been following https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition , http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html and https://jjba.dev/posts/freebsd-root-on-zfs-partitions/ on a VBox machine but no luck yet.

What have you found to be the issue. Have you tried something and in the end ended up with something unbootable? Or are you unsure how to create the ZFS pool on top of MBR partitions?

What have you found to be the issue. Have you tried something and in the end ended up with something unbootable? Or are you unsure how to create the ZFS pool on top of MBR partitions?

The thing is I don't understand all the boot0 boot1 stuff, and ZFS is also new to me.

This is the closest I get I think

It'll stuck here forever

Well, there's boot sector of the drive, boot sector of partition, boot on partition and loader on partition.

You are trying to boot from FreeBSD partition, but it probably misses correct boot.

So you have ZFS + the swap underneath a BSD label?

On the virtual mahicne, I ran gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr ada0 gpart set -a active -i 1 ada0 gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot ada0s3

So you have ZFS + the swap underneath a BSD label?

I think I did

How do I mount the disk in LiveCD and get a screenshot for gpart show -p ada0?

How do I mount the disk in LiveCD and get a screenshot for gpart show -p ada0?

I'm not sure you'd need to mount it to do that would you?

Or do you want to do that from a chroot?

Only one NTFS partition on this one, but I think there won't be any difference?

fdisk output :

Does the bsdlabel command show anything more?

Does the bsdlabel command show anything more?

just no bsdlabel there.

I guess there was some options when formatting partition to include boot block.

https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition This wiki seems to be the closest to what I want and I did, unti step 7 where it'll be different and I am totally lost.

https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition This wiki seems to be the closest to what I want and I did, unti step 7 where it'll be different and I am totally lost.

You mean the kernel modules have been renamed?

That's zfsboot, it might be not supported already.

Also it's impossible to upgrade bootcode on mounted ZFS drive, you have to manually lower the gate, or offline that drive.

You mean the kernel modules have been renamed?

and I don't know where the /mnt2 in /mnt2/boot/boot0 comes from

and I don't know where the /mnt2 in /mnt2/boot/boot0 comes from

They're assuming you mount your zfs pool to /mnt2 I think, so your root-fs-to-be

I am now redoing all the process again in VBox and see what went wrong

Actually I'm not sure about that. This is before creating the zpool at all isn't it?

Maybe /mnt2 is the liveCD

Actually I'm not sure about that. This is before creating the zpool at all isn't it?

yes, before zpool create zroot

Is this expected?

Should I gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr ada0 now?

hmmm my bad ada0s3

yes, before zpool create zroot

this is just suggestion. before you totally mess up your system why not fix/clean up your windows and ALL partitions and run GhostBSD in a virtual machine?

this is just suggestion. before you totally mess up your system why not fix/clean up your windows and ALL partitions and run GhostBSD in a virtual machine?

Thanks for your suggestion

2021.5.11 is the iso ya want. has zroot I think it allows you to do slices. AND it runs well.

2021.5.11 is the iso ya want. has zroot I think it allows you to do slices. AND it runs well.

Don't understand why a xfce4 edition requires 4G+ RAM. My laptop only supports 4G max.

Also, as I look at GhostBSD wiki, it seems like it's a totally different distro. Mirrors are not interchangable I think.

last pid: 1785; load averages: 0.69, 0.63, 0.41 up 0+00:11:20 00:29:44 85 processes: 1 running, 82 sleeping, 2 zombie CPU: 5.6% user, 0.0% nice, 12.3% system, 0.4% interrupt, 81.7% idle Mem: 948M Active, 284M Inact, 11M Laundry, 587M Wired, 97M Free ARC: 400M Total, 252M MFU, 124M MRU, 9216B Anon, 3353K Header, 19M Other 307M Compressed, 392M Uncompressed, 1.28:1 Ratio Swap: 2556M Total, 2556M Free

ghost on 2 Gb ram

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on zroot/ROOT/default 35G 16G 19G 45% /

Well I know 2G is of course enought for a Xfce4 DE. But when I tried allocating 2G RAM to VBox and it just refused to start 😂

I got kde. in vmware

Installer won't let me continue even though I think I am all set up with partitions.

good luck

No Next, no luck🤷🏻‍♂️

the thing is if grub barfs you may lose it all

vmware off of bit torrent

Hmmm...delete the swap partition and allocate all space of ada0s3 to ZFS and Next is avaliable!

Same result as FreeBSD🙈

f3

you running vbox from windows ?

No, host now is Debian Linux. F1 or F3 got stucks forever

ok I think you did to much. just do ghost once in vbox no need to set up the others.

you running vbox from windows ?

My original purpose was to install FreeBSD Root on ZFS alongside Windows in a single disk. That's why I added two NTFS parts at the beginning of the disk.

I am practicing in VBox to make sure it's bootable before I actually install it on my laptop

you can only run one vm at a time

you can only run one vm at a time

That I know. My purpose was dual boot, not dual use😂

back up and go ??

what?

be brave