Question of installing over SAS controller and USB flash

From: azathanai@icloud.com <azathanai_at_icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:36:23 UTC 
Hi all,
a newbie in FreeBSD here trying to install a RAIDZ2 on a server with mps SAS controller with drives which are not visible in the boot order in BIOS.
So, I cannot install directly on the drives, despite that the installer "sees" them, because the BIOS does not see the controller and its drives as option.
On the other hand, I have a card reader with a flash card on it (4gigs) from which I can boot and where I can have my /boot partition with the kernel.
I've a lot of questions and I still cannot find the answers to most of them, despite going through the handbook, the boot process explanation, the installation process handbook and a lot of more reading.


  *   How should the flash card be partitioned and with what mountpoints? The server is BIOS capable.
  *   How should the rest of the drives be partitioned with ZFS and the mountpoints? The standard configuration from the installer on RAIDZ2 is good for me.

I've experience with Linux but is not helping a lot here. The setup looks quite different .... probably because of the ZFS.

Any help, links, ideas and comments will be much appreciated!


Cyberly yours,
deragoth