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The following is how to install FreeBSD using GEOM+UFS. This will offer a base system of which is redundant, scalable, efficient usage of disk space. This guide is mainly suited for use with workstations, it is setup for use with FreeBSD 9.0 or newer.
The following is how to install FreeBSD using GEOM+UFS. This will offer a base system of which is redundant, scalable, efficient usage of disk space. This guide is mainly suited for use with workstations, it is setup for use with FreeBSD 9.0 or newer.
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Boot from your chosen installation media, for use in creation of this article the following test environment was used:
Boot from your chosen installation media, for use in creation of this article the following test environment was used:
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Upon first boot you will see the standard FreeBSD boot loader menu, feel free to wait out the allotted time or press enter to continue more rapidly. After the system has completed its boot up, you will be presented with the 'Welcome' window inside the new {{ManPage|man=bsdinstall|section=8}}. Select {{Mono|&lt; Shell &gt;}} from the options and press enter.
Upon first boot you will see the standard FreeBSD boot loader menu, feel free to wait out the allotted time or press enter to continue more rapidly. After the system has completed its boot up, you will be presented with the 'Welcome' window inside the new {{ManPage|man=bsdinstall|section=8}}. Select {{Mono|&lt; Shell &gt;}} from the options and press enter.
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This section takes two things for granted; (a) that you have a personal set of SSH keys, and (b) that they are located on another server on the network, one that is already running an SCP capable SSH server. If you do not have one of these requirements feel free to skip this section or pause to set this up on your own. I feel it is easier to install via SSH due to the large amount of actual typing you are required to do, whereas with SSH you can merely copy/paste into the SSH window.
This section takes two things for granted; (a) that you have a personal set of SSH keys, and (b) that they are located on another server on the network, one that is already running an SCP capable SSH server. If you do not have one of these requirements feel free to skip this section or pause to set this up on your own. I feel it is easier to install via SSH due to the large amount of actual typing you are required to do, whereas with SSH you can merely copy/paste into the SSH window.


First thing we need to do is switch into an {{ManPage|man=sh|section=1}} shell, then change {{Mono|/tmp}} from read-only to writable (used to store the SSH keys) and then remount it. Ignore any errors you may or may not see from executing this command, the {{Mono|/tmp}} directory will still be unmounted.
Change {{Mono|/tmp}} from read-only to writable (used to store the SSH keys) and then remount it. Ignore any errors you may or may not see from executing this command, the {{Mono|/tmp}} directory will still be unmounted.
 
{{Code|sh}}


{{Code|umount /dev/md1}}
{{Code|umount /dev/md1}}
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==Disk Partition Setup==
==Disk Partition Setup==
Load the required kernel modules via {{ManPage|man=kldload|section=8}}.
First thing we need to do is switch into an {{ManPage|man=sh|section=1}} shell, then load the required kernel modules via {{ManPage|man=kldload|section=8}}.
 
{{Code|sh}}


{{Code|kldload geom_journal}}
{{Code|kldload geom_journal}}
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===GUID Partition Table===
===GUID Partition Table===
{| {{wikitable}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! align="center"| Filesystem
! align="center"| Filesystem
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| 1gb mounted on encrypted SWAP with tmpmfs
| 1gb mounted on encrypted SWAP with tmpmfs
|}
|}
Create a new partition scheme on each disk to prep each disk for its partition table. The disk setup I happened to be using mapped my drives out to be ada0, ada1, and ada2; your drives maybe be different, if so replace them in the following three commands.
Create a new partition scheme on each disk to prep each disk for its partition table. The disk setup I happened to be using mapped my drives out to be {{Mono|ada0}}, {{Mono|ada1}}, and {{Mono|ada2}}; your drives maybe be different, if so replace them in the following three commands.


{{Code|disk0{{=}}ada0}}
{{Code|disk0{{=}}ada0}}
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{{Code|disk2{{=}}ada2}}
{{Code|disk2{{=}}ada2}}


{{Code|gpart create -s gpt $disk''&lt;0-2&gt;''}}
{{Code|gpart create -s gpt $disk0}}
 
{{Code|gpart create -s gpt $disk1}}
 
{{Code|gpart create -s gpt $disk2}}


Now we need to create all of the disk partitions, the following table indicates how we will be laying out the partition table of all the disks. Each disk will contain a {{Mono|boot}}, {{Mono|root}} and {{Mono|swap}} partitions (mirrored across ''$disk0'' and ''$disk1''), {{Mono|/var}}, {{Mono|/var/log}}, and {{Mono|/usr}} partitions (striped across ''$disk0'' and ''$disk1''), and finally a {{Mono|/home}} partition filling the entirety of ''$disk2''. Adjust the size of your filesystem partitions to fit your disk size needs (starting trimming down with the {{Mono|/usr}} partition).
Now we need to create all of the disk partitions, the following table indicates how we will be laying out the partition table of all the disks. Each disk will contain a {{Mono|boot}}, {{Mono|root}} and {{Mono|swap}} partitions (mirrored across ''$disk0'' and ''$disk1''), {{Mono|/var}}, {{Mono|/var/log}}, and {{Mono|/usr}} partitions (striped across ''$disk0'' and ''$disk1''), and finally a {{Mono|/home}} partition filling the entirety of ''$disk2''. Adjust the size of your filesystem partitions to fit your disk size needs (starting trimming down with the {{Mono|/usr}} partition).


Create the boot partition on each disk and embed GPT bootstrap into protective MBR, then install GPT bootstrap onto the boot partition.
Create the boot partition and embed GPT bootstrap into protective MBR, then install GPT bootstrap onto the boot partition.
 
{{Code|gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot $disk0}}
 
{{Code|gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -i1 -p /boot/gptboot $disk0}}


{{Code|gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot $disk''&lt;0-2&gt;''}}
Then create swap and filesystem partitions, and replicate the partition table you created for ''$disk0'' onto ''$disk1''.


{{Code|gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -i1 -p /boot/gptboot $disk''&lt;0-2&gt;''}}
{{Code|gpart add -s 5G -t freebsd-ufs $disk0}}


Then create swap and filesystem partitions; finally create the partition for {{Mono|/home}}.
{{Code|gpart add -s 8G -t freebsd-swap $disk0}}


{{Code|gpart add -s 5G -t freebsd-ufs $disk''&lt;0/1&gt;''}}
{{Code|gpart add -s 10G -t freebsd-ufs $disk0}}


{{Code|gpart add -s 8G -t freebsd-swap $disk''&lt;0/1&gt;''}}
{{Code|gpart add -s 5G -t freebsd-ufs $disk0}}


{{Code|gpart add -s 10G -t freebsd-ufs $disk''&lt;0/1&gt;''}}
{{Code|gpart add -t freebsd-ufs $disk0}}


{{Code|gpart add -s 5G -t freebsd-ufs $disk''&lt;0/1&gt;''}}
{{Code|gpart backup $disk0 {{!}} gpart restore -F $disk1}}


{{Code|gpart add -t freebsd-ufs $disk''&lt;0/1&gt;''}}
Finally create the boot and {{Mono|/home}} partitions on ''$disk2''.
 
{{Code|gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot $disk2}}
 
{{Code|gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -i1 -p /boot/gptboot $disk2}}


{{Code|gpart add -t freebsd-ufs $disk2}}
{{Code|gpart add -t freebsd-ufs $disk2}}
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{{Code|gpart show -p}}
{{Code|gpart show -p}}
{{Output|<nowiki>=>        34  1048575933 ada0  GPT  (500G)
{{Output|<nowiki>=>        34  1048575933   ada0  GPT  (500G)
           34        128     1 freebsd-boot  (64k)
           34        128 ada0p1 freebsd-boot  (64k)
         162    10485760     2 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
         162    10485760 ada0p2 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
     10485922    16777216     3 freebsd-swap  (8.0G)
     10485922    16777216 ada0p3 freebsd-swap  (8.0G)
     27263138    20971520     4 freebsd-ufs  (10G)
     27263138    20971520 ada0p4 freebsd-ufs  (10G)
     48234658    10485760     5 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
     48234658    10485760 ada0p5 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
     58720418  989855549     6 freebsd-ufs  (472G)
     58720418  989855549 ada0p6 freebsd-ufs  (472G)


=>        34  1048575933 ada1  GPT  (500G)
=>        34  1048575933   ada1  GPT  (500G)
           34        128     1 freebsd-boot  (64k)
           34        128 ada1p1 freebsd-boot  (64k)
         162    10485760     2 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
         162    10485760 ada1p2 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
     10485922    16777216     3 freebsd-swap  (8.0G)
     10485922    16777216 ada1p3 freebsd-swap  (8.0G)
     27263138    20971520     4 freebsd-ufs  (10G)
     27263138    20971520 ada1p4 freebsd-ufs  (10G)
     48234658    10485760     5 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
     48234658    10485760 ada1p5 freebsd-ufs  (5.0G)
     58720418  989855549     6 freebsd-ufs  (472G)
     58720418  989855549 ada1p6 freebsd-ufs  (472G)


=>      34  524287933 ada2  GPT  (250G)
=>      34  524287933   ada2  GPT  (250G)
         34        128     1 freebsd-boot  (64k)
         34        128 ada2p1 freebsd-boot  (64k)
         162  524287805     2 freebsd-ufs  (250G)</nowiki>}}
         162  524287805 ada2p2 freebsd-ufs  (250G)</nowiki>}}


===RAID0 & RAID1===
===RAID0 & RAID1===
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{{Code|gmirror label -v -b prefer swap ${disk0}p3 ${disk1}p3}}
{{Code|gmirror label -v -b prefer swap ${disk0}p3 ${disk1}p3}}


{{Code|gstripe create -v var ${disk0}p4 ${disk1}p4}}
{{Code|gstripe label -v var ${disk0}p4 ${disk1}p4}}


{{Code|gstripe create -v log ${disk0}p5 ${disk1}p5}}
{{Code|gstripe label -v log ${disk0}p5 ${disk1}p5}}


{{Code|gstripe create -v usr ${disk0}p6 ${disk1}p6}}
{{Code|gstripe label -v usr ${disk0}p6 ${disk1}p6}}


===UFS Journaling===
===UFS Journaling===
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{{Code|gjournal label label/home}}
{{Code|gjournal label label/home}}


The next natural step is to construct all of the UFSv2 file systems. We will be setting the minimum free space threshold to 5% in addition to enabling journaling and setting UFS to UFSv2. After this {{ManPage|man=mount|section=8}} the {{Mono|root}} partition and create all the base folders for the other mounts and mount them as well.
===Clear/Mount Filesystems===
The next natural step is to construct all of the UFSv2 file systems with {{ManPage|man=newfs|section=8}}. We will be setting the minimum free space threshold to 5% in addition to enabling journaling and setting UFS to UFSv2.


{{Code|newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J mirror/root.journal}}
{{Code|newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J mirror/root.journal}}
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{{Code|newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J label/home.journal}}
{{Code|newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J label/home.journal}}


{{Code|mount -t ufs mirror/root.journal /mnt}}
After this {{ManPage|man=mount|section=8}} the {{Mono|root}} partition and create all the base folders for the other mounts and then mount them as well.
 
{{Code|mount -t ufs -o async /dev/mirror/root.journal /mnt}}


{{Code|mkdir -p /mnt/home /mnt/usr /mnt/var}}
{{Code|mkdir -p /mnt/home /mnt/usr /mnt/var}}


{{Code|mount -t ufs label/home.journal /mnt/home}}
{{Code|mount -t ufs -o async /dev/label/home.journal /mnt/home}}


{{Code|mount -t ufs stripe/usr.journal /mnt/usr}}
{{Code|mount -t ufs -o async /dev/stripe/usr.journal /mnt/usr}}


{{Code|mount -t ufs stripe/var.journal /mnt/var}}
{{Code|mount -t ufs -o async /dev/stripe/var.journal /mnt/var}}


{{Code|mkdir -p /mnt/var/log}}
{{Code|mkdir -p /mnt/var/log}}


{{Code|mount -t ufs stripe/log.journal /mnt/var/log}}
{{Code|mount -t ufs -o async /dev/stripe/log.journal /mnt/var/log}}
 
At this point you mounts should look like the following.


******************************** BELOW HERE IS NOT EDITED
{{Code|df -HTt ufs {{!}} egrep "Filesystem{{!}}journal"}}
{{Output|Filesystem                Type    Size    Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on<br />/dev/mirror/root.journal  ufs    4.2G    20k    3.9G    0%    /mnt<br />/dev/label/home.journal  ufs    259G    8.2k    246G    0%    /mnt/home<br />/dev/stripe/usr.journal  ufs    980G    8.2k    931G    0%    /mnt/usr<br />/dev/stripe/var.journal  ufs      19G    12k    18G    0%    /mnt/var<br />/dev/stripe/log.journal  ufs    9.4G    8.2k    8.9G    0%    /mnt/var/log}}


==FreeBSD Installation==
==FreeBSD Installation==
Now that the ZFS file system hierarchy is setup we can remount the ZFS pool, install the FreeBSD base system, and then copy the zpool.cache. When you import the zpool back into the system you might get errors about not being able to create mountpoints, this is rectified two commands later.
Now that the file system hierarchy is setup we can install the FreeBSD base system. In order to do so we will manually be entering the folder on the installation media where the installation files reside and then extracting them onto the new filesystem in its temporarily mounted location. (Only include the {{Mono|lib32.txz}} file if you are installing on an amd64 system with amd64 installation media.)
 
{{Code|cd}}
 
{{Code|zpool export zroot}}
 
{{Code|zpool import -o cachefile{{=}}/tmp/zpool.cache zroot}}
 
{{Code|mount -t zfs zroot/root /mnt}}
 
{{Code|zfs mount -a}}
 
 
{{Code|sh}}


===Manual Install===
{{Code|cd /usr/freebsd-dist}}
{{Code|cd /usr/freebsd-dist}}


{{Code|export DESTDIR{{=}}/mnt}}
{{Code|export DESTDIR{{=}}/mnt}}


{{Code|for file in base.txz lib32.txz kernel.txz doc.txz;}}
{{Code|for file in base.txz doc.txz ''lib32.txz'' kernel.txz;}}


{{Code|<nowiki>do (cat $file | tar --unlink -xpJf - -C ${DESTDIR:-/}); done</nowiki>}}
{{Code|<nowiki>do (cat $file | tar --unlink -xpJf - -C ${DESTDIR:-/}); done</nowiki>}}


 
Next {{ManPage|man=chroot|section=8}} (change root) into your newly installed system.
{{Code|cp /tmp/zpool.cache /mnt/boot/zfs/zpool.cache}}
 
{{Code|exit}}
 
Switch the {{Mono|zroot/var/empty}} zpool volume to read-only and then chroot into your newly installed system.
 
{{Code|zfs set readonly{{=}}on zroot/var/empty}}


{{Code|chroot /mnt}}
{{Code|chroot /mnt}}


==FreeBSD Configuration==
===System Configuration===
Setup the network and necessary startup files so the zpool will be mounted automatically on boot. Start by creating the {{Mono|/etc/rc.conf}} system configuration file.
Setup the network and necessary startup files so the zpool will be mounted automatically on boot. Start by creating the {{Mono|/etc/rc.conf}} system configuration file.


{{Code|<nowiki>cat >> /etc/rc.conf << _EOF_</nowiki>}}
{{Code|<nowiki>cat >> /etc/rc.conf << _EOF_</nowiki>}}
{{Output|<nowiki>hostname="VM.privatebox"
{{Output|hostname{{=}}"VM.freebsd"<br />ifconfig_em0{{=}}"DHCP"<br />geli_swap_flags{{=}}"-e aes -l 256 -s 4096 -d"<br />ntpd_enable{{=}}"YES"<br />ntpd_sync_on_start{{=}}"YES"<br />sshd_enable{{=}}"YES"<br />tmpmfs{{=}}"YES"<br />tmpsize{{=}}"1024m"<br />tmpmfs_flags{{=}}"-m 0 -o async,noatime -S -p 1777"<br />_EOF_}}
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
geli_swap_flags="-e aes -l 256 -s 4096 -d"
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"
sshd_enable="YES"
tmpmfs="YES"
tmpsize="512m"
tmpmfs_flags="-m 0 -o async,noatime -S -p 1777"
zfs_enable="YES"
_EOF_</nowiki>}}


Next we need to create the {{Mono|/boot/loader.conf}} boot configuration file. Let us start by setting some defaults and then telling it which kernel modules you need loaded on boot. Finally let's tell the loader which zpool to boot from.
Next we need to create the {{Mono|/boot/loader.conf}} boot configuration file. Let us start by setting some defaults and then telling it which kernel modules you need loaded on boot. Then tell the loader what to boot from and how to mount said {{Mono|root}} partition.


{{Code|<nowiki>cat >> /boot/loader.conf << _EOF_</nowiki>}}
{{Code|<nowiki>cat >> /boot/loader.conf << _EOF_</nowiki>}}
{{Output|<nowiki>autoboot_delay="5"
{{Output|autoboot_delay{{=}}"5"<br />loader_logo{{=}}"beastie"<br /><br />ahci_load{{=}}"YES"<br />geom_eli_load{{=}}"YES"<br />geom_journal_load{{=}}"YES"<br />geom_mirror_load{{=}}"YES"<br />geom_stripe_load{{=}}"YES"<br /><br />kern.geom.label.gptid.enable{{=}}"0"<br />vfs.root.mountfrom{{=}}"ufs:/dev/mirror/root.journal"<br />vfs.root.mountfrom.options{{=}}"rw"<br />_EOF_}}
loader_logo="beastie"
 
ahci_load="YES"
Edit the {{Mono|/etc/fstab}} and add all the appropriate entries for the {{Mono|swap}} and filesystem partitions.
geom_eli_load="YES"
 
geom_mirror_load="YES"
{{Code|<nowiki>cat >> /etc/fstab << _EOF_</nowiki>}}
geom_label_load="YES"
{{Output|# Local Mounts<br />/dev/mirror/swap.eli                    none                    swap  sw                  0    0<br />/dev/mirror/root.journal                /                      ufs    async,noatime,rw    1    1<br />/dev/label/home.journal                /home                  ufs    async,noatime,rw    2    2<br />/dev/stripe/usr.journal                /usr                    ufs    async,noatime,rw    2    2<br />/dev/stripe/var.journal                /var                    ufs    async,noatime,rw    2    2<br />/dev/stripe/log.journal                /var/log                ufs    async,noatime,rw    2    2<br />_EOF_}}
zfs_load="YES"
vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:zroot/root"
_EOF_</nowiki>}}


Now that we have our default configuration lets set a root password, fix the local time zone, create a mail aliases database, and exit out of the chroot environment.
Now that we have our default configuration lets set a root password, fix the local time zone, create a mail aliases database, and exit out of the chroot environment.


{{Code|passwd}}
{{Code|passwd}}
{{Code|ln -s /dev/null /etc/localtime}}


{{Code|tzsetup}}
{{Code|tzsetup}}
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{{Code|exit}}
{{Code|exit}}


==Finishing the Installation==
At this point your FreeBSD system is fully installed with a very minimal base system. Go ahead and remove the installation media and {{ManPage|man=reboot|section=8}}.
Now that FreeBSD is installed lets setup the partitions that we designated as SWAP. For this we are going to {{ManPage|man=gmirror|section=8}} the partitions together, add them into fstab, and finally set some variables.
 
{{Code|gmirror label -b prefer swap gpt/swap0 gpt/swap1}}
 
{{Code|<nowiki>cat >> /mnt/etc/fstab << _EOF_</nowiki>>}}
{{Output|<nowiki># [Device]  [Mountpoint]  [FStype]  [Options]  [Dump]  [Pass#]
/dev/mirror/swap.eli  none  swap  sw  0  0
_EOF_</nowiki>}}
 
Finally we need to setup the new mount points for each zpool and set the bootable volume. Afterwards go ahead and {{ManPage|man=reboot|section=8}}.
 
{{Code|zfs set mountpoint{{=}}/ zroot}}
 
{{Code|zpool set bootfs{{=}}zroot/root zroot}}


{{Code|reboot now}}
{{Code|reboot now}}
At this point your FreeBSD system is fully installed with a very minimal base system. Exit out of the shell prompt and BSDInstaller, remove the installation media and reboot the machine.


==Notes==
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 18:32, 10 July 2017

The following is how to install FreeBSD using GEOM+UFS. This will offer a base system of which is redundant, scalable, efficient usage of disk space. This guide is mainly suited for use with workstations, it is setup for use with FreeBSD 9.0 or newer.

GEOM permits access and control to classes (Master Boot Records, BSD labels, etc.) through the use of providers, or the special files in /dev. Supporting various software RAID configurations, GEOM will transparently provide access to the operating system and operating system utilities.[1]

Booting the Installation Media

Boot from your chosen installation media, for use in creation of this article the following test environment was used:

Icon VirtualBox 4.0.14_OSE r74382
Icon FreeBSD-10.0-HEAD-20120130-JPSNAP-amd64-amd64-release.iso
Icon Download VM

Upon first boot you will see the standard FreeBSD boot loader menu, feel free to wait out the allotted time or press enter to continue more rapidly. After the system has completed its boot up, you will be presented with the 'Welcome' window inside the new bsdinstall(8). Select < Shell > from the options and press enter.

Remote Installation Setup (Optional)

This section takes two things for granted; (a) that you have a personal set of SSH keys, and (b) that they are located on another server on the network, one that is already running an SCP capable SSH server. If you do not have one of these requirements feel free to skip this section or pause to set this up on your own. I feel it is easier to install via SSH due to the large amount of actual typing you are required to do, whereas with SSH you can merely copy/paste into the SSH window.

Change /tmp from read-only to writable (used to store the SSH keys) and then remount it. Ignore any errors you may or may not see from executing this command, the /tmp directory will still be unmounted.

umount /dev/md1

mdmfs -s 512M md1 /tmp

Connect to the network via DHCP with dhclient(8), for network interface name use ifconfig(8) (common interface names are em0, nfe0, etc; look for the one that mentions the media being Ethernet). Then create our SSH host keys via ssh-keygen(1).

dhclient <network interface>

cd /tmp

ssh-keygen -f /tmp/hostkey -t rsa1 -b 4096 -N ''

ssh-keygen -f /tmp/hostkey_dsa -t dsa -N ''

Next we will need to download your personal SSH keys from the network. Replace the username, IP address, and folder/file with the required information. After that is done go ahead and start up the SSH daemon with sshd(8).

scp <user>@<0.0.0.0>:~/.ssh/authorized_keys .

/usr/sbin/sshd -o PermitRootLogin=yes -o HostKey=/tmp/hostkey -o HostDSAKey=/tmp/hostkey_dsa -o AuthorizedKeysFile=/tmp/authorized_keys

Connect to the IP address that was assigned to the installation computer using ssh(1) with your personal SSH keys.[2]

ssh -l root <0.0.0.0>

Disk Partition Setup

First thing we need to do is switch into an sh(1) shell, then load the required kernel modules via kldload(8).

sh

kldload geom_journal

kldload geom_mirror

kldload geom_stripe

Moving on to the disk setup, first locate all of your disks, we can use dmesg(8) and egrep(1) for this. The system I am using for this guide has three disks, two disks will be utilized for the system and one will be dedicated for use by the /home partition. (There are many reasons for this, one being that you can then seamlessly switch between operating systems and still retain your /home folder.)

dmesg | egrep "^ad|^da|^hd"

ada0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> ATA-6 SATA 2.x device ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada0: Command Queueing enabled ada0: 512000MB (1048576000 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada0: Previously was known as ad6 ada1 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0 ada1: <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> ATA-6 SATA 2.x device ada1: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada1: Command Queueing enabled ada1: 512000MB (1048576000 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada1: Previously was known as ad8 ada2 at ahcich3 bus 0 scbus3 target 0 lun 0 ada2: <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> ATA-6 SATA 2.x device ada2: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada2: Command Queueing enabled ada2: 256000MB (524288000 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada2: Previously was known as ad10

For partition table setup we will be using GUID Partition Table (GPT) via gpart(8). Let's first pull up a list of the current partitions.

gpart show

If there are existing partitions on any disk remove them with the delete option, then destroy the disk partitioning scheme. You will need to fill in appropriate values according to your setup, the disk is the device node you pulled from dmesg(8), and the partition number is the one listed in the column underneath the device node name when using 'gpart show'. Replicate this for all disks as necessary.

gpart delete -i <partition#> <disk>

gpart destroy <disk>

GUID Partition Table

Filesystem Mountpoint disk#0 disk#1 disk#2 Description
freebsd-boot 64K 64K bootstrap / GTP bootcode
freebsd-ufs / 5G 5G mirrored between disks, mounted read-only
freebsd-swap SWAP 8G 8G mirrored between disks, using geli(8)
freebsd-ufs /var 10G 10G striped between disks
freebsd-ufs /var/log 5G 5G striped between disks
freebsd-ufs /usr * * striped between disks
freebsd-ufs /home * separate disk dedicated to /home
/tmp 1gb mounted on encrypted SWAP with tmpmfs

Create a new partition scheme on each disk to prep each disk for its partition table. The disk setup I happened to be using mapped my drives out to be ada0, ada1, and ada2; your drives maybe be different, if so replace them in the following three commands.

disk0=ada0

disk1=ada1

disk2=ada2

gpart create -s gpt $disk0

gpart create -s gpt $disk1

gpart create -s gpt $disk2

Now we need to create all of the disk partitions, the following table indicates how we will be laying out the partition table of all the disks. Each disk will contain a boot, root and swap partitions (mirrored across $disk0 and $disk1), /var, /var/log, and /usr partitions (striped across $disk0 and $disk1), and finally a /home partition filling the entirety of $disk2. Adjust the size of your filesystem partitions to fit your disk size needs (starting trimming down with the /usr partition).

Create the boot partition and embed GPT bootstrap into protective MBR, then install GPT bootstrap onto the boot partition.

gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot $disk0

gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -i1 -p /boot/gptboot $disk0

Then create swap and filesystem partitions, and replicate the partition table you created for $disk0 onto $disk1.

gpart add -s 5G -t freebsd-ufs $disk0

gpart add -s 8G -t freebsd-swap $disk0

gpart add -s 10G -t freebsd-ufs $disk0

gpart add -s 5G -t freebsd-ufs $disk0

gpart add -t freebsd-ufs $disk0

gpart backup $disk0 | gpart restore -F $disk1

Finally create the boot and /home partitions on $disk2.

gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot $disk2

gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -i1 -p /boot/gptboot $disk2

gpart add -t freebsd-ufs $disk2

Verify the partition table to make sure all of the disks are setup correctly.

gpart show -p

=> 34 1048575933 ada0 GPT (500G) 34 128 ada0p1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 10485760 ada0p2 freebsd-ufs (5.0G) 10485922 16777216 ada0p3 freebsd-swap (8.0G) 27263138 20971520 ada0p4 freebsd-ufs (10G) 48234658 10485760 ada0p5 freebsd-ufs (5.0G) 58720418 989855549 ada0p6 freebsd-ufs (472G) => 34 1048575933 ada1 GPT (500G) 34 128 ada1p1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 10485760 ada1p2 freebsd-ufs (5.0G) 10485922 16777216 ada1p3 freebsd-swap (8.0G) 27263138 20971520 ada1p4 freebsd-ufs (10G) 48234658 10485760 ada1p5 freebsd-ufs (5.0G) 58720418 989855549 ada1p6 freebsd-ufs (472G) => 34 524287933 ada2 GPT (250G) 34 128 ada2p1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 524287805 ada2p2 freebsd-ufs (250G)

RAID0 & RAID1

Now that the partition table is laid out we can move on to setting up the RAID configuration and filesystem labels. We will be using gmirror(8) to put the root and swap partitions into RAID1 systems. Then using gstripe(8) put the /var, /var/log, and /usr partitions into RAID0 systems.

gmirror label -v -b load root ${disk0}p2 ${disk1}p2

gmirror label -v -b prefer swap ${disk0}p3 ${disk1}p3

gstripe label -v var ${disk0}p4 ${disk1}p4

gstripe label -v log ${disk0}p5 ${disk1}p5

gstripe label -v usr ${disk0}p6 ${disk1}p6

UFS Journaling

Journaling capability stores a log of file system transactions, i.e.: changes that make up a complete disk write operation, before meta-data and file writes are committed to the disk proper. This transaction log can later be replayed to redo file system transactions, preventing file system inconsistencies. This method is yet another mechanism to protect against data loss and inconsistencies of the file system.[3] Begin by creating all the journals for the filesystems with gjournal(8).

gjournal label mirror/root

gjournal label stripe/var

gjournal label stripe/log

gjournal label stripe/usr

glabel label home ${disk2}p2

gjournal label label/home

Clear/Mount Filesystems

The next natural step is to construct all of the UFSv2 file systems with newfs(8). We will be setting the minimum free space threshold to 5% in addition to enabling journaling and setting UFS to UFSv2.

newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J mirror/root.journal

newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J stripe/var.journal

newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J stripe/log.journal

newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J stripe/usr.journal

newfs -m 5 -O 2 -J label/home.journal

After this mount(8) the root partition and create all the base folders for the other mounts and then mount them as well.

mount -t ufs -o async /dev/mirror/root.journal /mnt

mkdir -p /mnt/home /mnt/usr /mnt/var

mount -t ufs -o async /dev/label/home.journal /mnt/home

mount -t ufs -o async /dev/stripe/usr.journal /mnt/usr

mount -t ufs -o async /dev/stripe/var.journal /mnt/var

mkdir -p /mnt/var/log

mount -t ufs -o async /dev/stripe/log.journal /mnt/var/log

At this point you mounts should look like the following.

df -HTt ufs | egrep "Filesystem|journal"

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/mirror/root.journal ufs 4.2G 20k 3.9G 0% /mnt
/dev/label/home.journal ufs 259G 8.2k 246G 0% /mnt/home
/dev/stripe/usr.journal ufs 980G 8.2k 931G 0% /mnt/usr
/dev/stripe/var.journal ufs 19G 12k 18G 0% /mnt/var
/dev/stripe/log.journal ufs 9.4G 8.2k 8.9G 0% /mnt/var/log

FreeBSD Installation

Now that the file system hierarchy is setup we can install the FreeBSD base system. In order to do so we will manually be entering the folder on the installation media where the installation files reside and then extracting them onto the new filesystem in its temporarily mounted location. (Only include the lib32.txz file if you are installing on an amd64 system with amd64 installation media.)

Manual Install

cd /usr/freebsd-dist

export DESTDIR=/mnt

for file in base.txz doc.txz lib32.txz kernel.txz;

do (cat $file | tar --unlink -xpJf - -C ${DESTDIR:-/}); done

Next chroot(8) (change root) into your newly installed system.

chroot /mnt

System Configuration

Setup the network and necessary startup files so the zpool will be mounted automatically on boot. Start by creating the /etc/rc.conf system configuration file.

cat >> /etc/rc.conf << _EOF_

hostname="VM.freebsd"
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
geli_swap_flags="-e aes -l 256 -s 4096 -d"
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"
sshd_enable="YES"
tmpmfs="YES"
tmpsize="1024m"
tmpmfs_flags="-m 0 -o async,noatime -S -p 1777"
_EOF_

Next we need to create the /boot/loader.conf boot configuration file. Let us start by setting some defaults and then telling it which kernel modules you need loaded on boot. Then tell the loader what to boot from and how to mount said root partition.

cat >> /boot/loader.conf << _EOF_

autoboot_delay="5"
loader_logo="beastie"

ahci_load="YES"
geom_eli_load="YES"
geom_journal_load="YES"
geom_mirror_load="YES"
geom_stripe_load="YES"

kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/mirror/root.journal"
vfs.root.mountfrom.options="rw"
_EOF_

Edit the /etc/fstab and add all the appropriate entries for the swap and filesystem partitions.

cat >> /etc/fstab << _EOF_

# Local Mounts
/dev/mirror/swap.eli none swap sw 0 0
/dev/mirror/root.journal / ufs async,noatime,rw 1 1
/dev/label/home.journal /home ufs async,noatime,rw 2 2
/dev/stripe/usr.journal /usr ufs async,noatime,rw 2 2
/dev/stripe/var.journal /var ufs async,noatime,rw 2 2
/dev/stripe/log.journal /var/log ufs async,noatime,rw 2 2
_EOF_

Now that we have our default configuration lets set a root password, fix the local time zone, create a mail aliases database, and exit out of the chroot environment.

passwd

ln -s /dev/null /etc/localtime

tzsetup

cd /etc/mail ; make aliases

exit

At this point your FreeBSD system is fully installed with a very minimal base system. Go ahead and remove the installation media and reboot(8).

reboot now

Notes

  1. ^ "FreeBSD Handbook". Chapter 20 - GEOM: Modular Disk Transformation Framework. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom.html. 
  2. ^ "PuTTY". If you are not using a Linux or BSD derived operating system you can alternatively use PuTTY. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. 
  3. ^ "FreeBSD Handbook". Chapter 20.7 - UFS Journaling Through GEOM. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-gjournal.html. 


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