ZPOOL create ZFS create How to use Disk Partitions in Single DISK ZFS setup

ZPOOL create    ZFS create  How to use Disk Partitions in Single DISK ZFS setup 

URLs to Read. For you to gain understanding.  Takes time to Learn well

:

https://blog.programster.org/zfs-create-disk-pools   Good easy explanation of ZFS

https://somedudesays.com/2021/08/the-basic-guide-to-working-with-zfs/   Good examples of RAIDZ setup

 https://github.com/yuriskinfo/cheat-sheets/blob/master/cheat-sheets/FreeBSD-cheat-sheet.adoc  FreeBSD gpart cheat sheet

https://github.com/danboid/creating-ZFS-disks-under-Linux/blob/master/README.md   Single disk Linux ZFS

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/672151/create-zfs-partition-on-existing-drive   Create ZFS Partition on existing disk  like  /dev/sda3 

https://serverfault.com/questions/596812/setup-zfs-on-freebsd-from-bsd-rescue  ZFS on FreeBSD bsd-rescue  OHV

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/gaynr/index.html  Create a ZFS root pool  Oracle Docs on ZFS Zettabyte File System

https://illumos.org/books/zfs-admin/gavwq.html#gazud  Illumous ZFS manual examples

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/8/zfs-create.8.html  OpenZFS docs

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues OpenZFS Issues web page

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs  OpenZFS  Readme.md file

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/index.html  Get Started

  

What I want to do with my ZFS disk system.  I am using UEFI GPT, two partitions one for root /dev/sda5, one larger for home /dev/sda6 .   Boot from the ESP EFI FAT32 /EFI/freebsd/bootx64aa.efi  into the ZFS file system on a Raspberry Pi 4B with 8 gigabytes of dram memory.  I want 50 -80 GB for the root "/"  disk space.   I want 130-180 GB for the home "/home"  "/usr/ports" "/usr/home" "/usr/src"   "/home" is symbolic link to "/usr/home" 

  I am using rEFInd EFI app to select which operating system to boot on the Raspberry Pi.  I would like to boot  PuppyLinux Raspup 32bit, POP!_OS ARM64, Manjaro ARM64,  and other test arm64 OS like Raspberry Pi OS.

 

forums.freebsd.org 

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/v4b5oj/freebsd_on_zfs_on_raspberry_pi/ Reddit ZFS setup on FreeBSD for Raspberry Pi.

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/rzh6xh/comment/hrv68l2/  base tutorial

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot bsdinstall scripts for zfsboot

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm/  FreeBSD arm mailing list subscribe

Creating a tiny new GhostBSD package for sharing with others

 Creating a tiny new GhostBSD / FreeBSD package for sharing with others, GURUs Generate_User_Report_for_Upload

 Here is an example of creating a FreeBSD style package, read some URLs

http://lastsummer.de/creating-custom-packages-on-freebsd/#:~:text=The%20last%20step%20uses%20pkg-create%288%29%20to%20build%20a,to%20use%20the%20package%20archive%20file%20with%20pkg-add%288%29.  This has very good steps to follow,

 

Insert this file to start your journey.  Copy and paste into tmp_stage.sh ;  chmod u+x tmp_stage.sh ;  sh ./tmp_stage.sh

 

 

#!/bin/sh

STAGEDIR=/tmp/stage
rm -rf ${STAGEDIR}
mkdir -p ${STAGEDIR}

cat >> ${STAGEDIR}/+PRE_DEINSTALL <<EOF
# careful here, this may clobber your system
echo "Resetting root shell"
pw usermod -n root -s /bin/csh
EOF

cat >> ${STAGEDIR}/+POST_INSTALL <<EOF
# careful here, this may clobber your system
echo "Registering root shell"
pw usermod -n root -s /bin/sh
EOF

https://github.com/freebsd/pkg  Github has some good reading too.

 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4602977/freebsd-pkg-create-how-to Kind of Sparse as an example.  May be of future use

https://www.tecmint.com/pkg-command-examples-to-manage-packages-in-freebsd/  23 examples of using pkg command

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/where-does-make-package-put-the-pkg-file.73535/  Helpful example of creating a package   "pkg help create"

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/creating-a-pkg-with-pkg-create.88358/  FreeBSD forum post that I followed and put a link to this blog.

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-install-rtorrent-and-rutorrent-on-lighttpd-full-guide.85230/

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/plist/#plist-keywords  Yes the learning curve is too damned steep to accomplish a very simple task of creating a binary package from these 7 files:

    ./share/applications/generate_user_report.desktop #Desktop application file
    ./lib/guru/Makefile #Makefile
    ./lib/guru/README.md #Standard Readme file written in MarkDown language
    ./lib/guru/Report_fred-ghostbsd-pc1_2020-04-05_example.txt #Example Report.txt File created from User_Report.sh file
    ./lib/guru/User_Report.py #Python script file to create the GUI interface with a couple buttons
    ./lib/guru/User_Report.sh #Shell Script file
    ./lib/guru/applets-screenshooter.png #Icon file

No creation of these files from a Makefile is needed.  I included a sample Makefile.

Freebsd pkg #manifest
Best simple use of "pkg create" tool Best description on the web
Packaging setup, usage, and explanation
How to make a binary package, using FreeBSD tools
Quick Porting example from Porters Handbook

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/creating-a-pkg-with-pkg-create.88358/#post-602161 Pat Maddox March 2023 help with pkg creation
Section 3.2..2 porting pkg plist