Adding disks to FreeBSD (ZFS)

[ArthurTEX]

Hi, I have installed FreeBSD 13.1 with ZFS Filesystem.

And I would like to create a mirror disk pool. So for this purpose I use the command:
zpool create media mirror /dev/da1 /dev/da2
And here I am getting error:

cannot resolve path '/dev/da1'

After typing zpool list
I see only zroot

I will add that in file /etc/rc.conf there is a file zfs_enable="YES"

I don't really know why I can't create this disk.

 

[m0nkey_]

Daft question, but does device da1 exist?

Can you paste the output of gpart list?

 

[GogoFC]

Or you can do geom disk list to see the disks. Or ls -al /dev/da*

 

[Cath O'Deray]

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After typing zpool list
I see only zroot

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Welcome to FreeBSD Forums.

A pool will be listed only after it has been imported.

When you successfully create a pool, the import will be automated.

If FreeBSD is new to you: are you from a Linux background?