gpart

[Grant Peel]

-----Original Message-----
From: Erich Dollansky [mailto:erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com] 
Sent: March-31-13 9:55 PM
To: Grant Peel
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: gpart

Hi,

On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:40 -0400
"Grant Peel" <gpeel at thenetnow.com> wrote:

> I am in the midst of setting up the framework for new servers using 
> FreeBSD 9.1. I used the bsdinstall and Manual`` option when setting up 
> the disk geometry using GPT - graphical setup.
> 
> The idea will be to eventually dump the 4 file systems, (/, /usr /var 
> and /home) and restore them on other servers when the time comes.
> 
using a separated home is a very good idea.
>  
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html

I have had only one problem with this description. I could not boot from a
GPT setup on my machine done as described there. But I have a disk done with
PCBSD based on 9.0 which booted well. I cannot tell you if this is a problem
caused by a later chance on the side of FreeBSD.

> Which worked well. But as yet I do not have dumps to test with.

If all worked well for you, I do not see any problems coming for you then.
> 
> I was wondering in anyone sees any issues creating the drive geometry 
> using this method, with the intent of restoring dumped filesystems to 
> to, including the root filesystem.

I have some drives which partitioning I did according to this. The only
problem I have is booting. The rest is all working perfectly.
> 
> I am yet to use 9.1 to do so, so any tips would be appreciated.
> 
If you want this for serious servers, you might even consider 8.3, if your
hardware is supported. Nothing beats the robustness of the older FreeBSD
versions.

Erich

Interesting.

Up to this point I have always upgraded to the latest release version of
FreeBSD.

I am currently running 8.0 and am in need of many of the ports to be
upgraded, and have never had much luck doing the upgrade thing with the base
system and ports, preferring instead to completely rebuild in restore user
data.

Can I assume that the versions of the ports shown on the freebsd.orgéports
site will be available in 8.3 and 9.1é

-G