ZFS-only installation of FreeBSD 9.0 from DVD

[astralblue]

This is a step-by-step guide, mostly for my own reference, but you might find this useful too.

Disclaimer: This article is about clean installation of operating system, where “clean” means that, if you follow these instructions, all existing contents of the hard drive will be destroyed.  Do not follow these instructions except on an empty hard

Comments

[zqfmbg]

FreeBSD has had ZFS for quite awhile now... how come you still have to go to this level of trouble to do ZFS-only?

(edit: I mean, how come they haven't turned it into a nice installation menu option that does everything for you :3)