[FreeBSD] Some personal notes for emergencies

Mounting zfs on FreeBSD 9.3 LiveFS for recovery

# List zfs pools
zpool import
-> i.e. syspool
# mount zfs pool syspool
zpool import -f -R /mnt syspool
# create mnt folder for new folder
mkdir /tmp/home
# mount data from zfs pool syspool
mount -t zfs syspool/DATA/home /tmp/home
# work on stuff and umount /tmp/home
# then umount zfspool
zfs umount -a

Format a harddrive on FreeBSD 9.3 and mount it as folder

# format drive with ufs
newfs /dev/da1
# create tmp folder
mkdir /tmp/mnt
# mount new drive
mount -t ufs /dev/da1 /tmp/mnt
# copy files
cp -R /tmp/home/* /tmp/mnt/

ezjail stuff

# show jails
ezjail-admin list
# Get to console
ezjail-admin console JAILNAME
# Start / Stop
ezjail-admin start JAILNAME
ezjail-admin stop JAILNAME
# No Autorun
ezjail-admin config -r norun JAILNAME
# Autorun
ezjail-admin config -r run JAILNAME

Jail Folder on FreeBSD: /usr/jails/JAILNAME
Internal Jail Folder on FreeBSD: /usr/jails/JAILNAME/*/var/HEREISHOME

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