Partition for encrypted zfs' zpool

[sigo]

I want to have encrypted zfs' zpool. Which partition type should I use during partitioning with gpart? Should I use efi, freebsd-zfs or something else?

 

[lockdoc]

If you plan to use whole disks for the pool, you could just encrypt the disk with geli without partitioning.

 

[sigo]

I know it. Unfortunately I've got just one disk, so I need to create freebsd-boot and /boot partition before pool.

 

[gkontos]

I know it. Unfortunately I've got just one disk, so I need to create freebsd-boot and /boot partition before pool.

In FreeBSD you never create a separate partition for /boot.

Depending on the whether you want a UFS or ZFS boot, there are a lot of guides for this in this forum.

 

[bbzz]

In FreeBSD you never create a separate partition for /boot.

Yeah you do if you want to encrypt the rest of system.

 

[gkontos]

Link: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=31662