HOWTO: Installing FreeBSD 9.0 or 9.1 with gmirror (software RAID 1) and the GPT partitioning scheme

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HOWTO: Installing FreeBSD 9.0 or 9.1 with gmirror (software RAID 1) and the GPT partitioning scheme

http://www.ateamsystems.com/blog/Installing-FreeBSD-9-gmirror-GPT-partitions-raid-1

# ---- Setup 1st disk
#
gpart create -s gpt ada0
gpart add -s 64k -t freebsd-boot -l boot0 ada0
gpart add -s 8G -t freebsd-swap -l swap0 ada0
gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -l root0 ada0

# -- Install boot code to first disk
gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0

# ---- Setup 2nd disk
#
gpart create -s gpt ada1
gpart add -s 64k -t freebsd-boot -l boot1 ada1
gpart add -s 8G -t freebsd-swap -l swap1 ada1
gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -l root1 ada1

# -- Install boot code to 2nd disk
gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada1

# -- Build gmirrors
gmirror label boot /dev/gpt/boot0 /dev/gpt/boot1
gmirror label swap /dev/gpt/swap0 /dev/gpt/swap1
gmirror label root /dev/gpt/root0 /dev/gpt/root1

# -- Load the geo_mirror KLD
kldload geom_mirror

newfs -U -L root /dev/mirror/root
mount /dev/mirror/root /mnt

vi /tmp/bsdinstall_etc/fstab

# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/mirror/swap none swap sw 0 0
/dev/mirror/root / ufs rw 1 1