Greetings,
I've recently upgraded from FreeBSD 8.2 to FreeBSD 9 using the [CMD=""]freebsd-update[/CMD] command. Since installing FreeBSD 8 nearly 12 months ago I had always known I would be reinstalling as I messed up my partition sizing, but now I've decided the time is here (predominately as I don't have the space in /usr to build Asterisk from ports, and also I boned my apache22 and php52 installs during upgrade - yes I'm a noob).
I have a HP N36L with a 250GB HDD which I use for my OS, and 4x2TB drives in a ZFS Raid-z zpool.
[CMD=""]zpool list[/CMD]
Is it possible to reinstall and not lose the data in the zpool? I was considering removing the 4 drives in the zpool, reinstalling the OS, and plugging them back in to the fresh install. Would this be the best method to keep the data? would plugging them in to a fresh install auto mount the /data0 zpool?
Also, is it possible to install from a USB stick, as I don't have a cd/dvd drive.
I've recently upgraded from FreeBSD 8.2 to FreeBSD 9 using the [CMD=""]freebsd-update[/CMD] command. Since installing FreeBSD 8 nearly 12 months ago I had always known I would be reinstalling as I messed up my partition sizing, but now I've decided the time is here (predominately as I don't have the space in /usr to build Asterisk from ports, and also I boned my apache22 and php52 installs during upgrade - yes I'm a noob).
I have a HP N36L with a 250GB HDD which I use for my OS, and 4x2TB drives in a ZFS Raid-z zpool.
[CMD=""]zpool list[/CMD]
Is it possible to reinstall and not lose the data in the zpool? I was considering removing the 4 drives in the zpool, reinstalling the OS, and plugging them back in to the fresh install. Would this be the best method to keep the data? would plugging them in to a fresh install auto mount the /data0 zpool?
Also, is it possible to install from a USB stick, as I don't have a cd/dvd drive.
