I too would like to know how to do at least the first case: installing GhostBSD with the system on one drive (a SSD) and /usr/home on a second drive (HDD).
I will be using ZFS.

I also repeated the steps on the bare-metal and started the the process, but had to run out for a couple hours. When I got back I only saw the Upgrade/Cancel dialog, but when I uncovered everything, it looked like this: Screenshot at 2024-08-16 13-57-40.png :lol: At least it worked. Thank You, judd ...

It looks like ignoring the 2nd instance of the dialog was the correct course of action... am going to click Restart Now. So far, so good.

OK, so I decide to start over, and watch the download network usage. Something definitely downloading when the progressbar sitting at Downloading. At 3/4 of a GB the dialog pops up again. I know from previous attempts, if I cancel it, the whole process cancels. If I click Upgrade, the whole thing st...

You know, I really need to read the whole message -- I thought the pkg upgrade would resolve it. So I still need to run the GUI upgrade. OK, once I reboot and get the upgrade message again, I'll try to re-run it... UPDATE: RE-running GUI pkg upgrade process, downloading...after sitting in the progre...

(double-post, deleted)

judd OK, just returning to this after a few days away and just saw your reply. I will give that a try next. But before I read your message I checked the update app on both VM and bare-metal and saw updates present, so I ran those. The VM finished and rebooted, and now the version was 2024.04.2. I r...

While 2nd instance hangs, a 3rd one eventually pops up.
Really, something is not working right here...

2nd prompt while first is (still?) running...

> Update: I rebooted both, and when I run SS, I get offered the upgrade again. > Verified the FS with mount, and it is ZFS (both). Update2: Re-running on both...this time when the 2nd dialog pops up while the first is still running, I cancelled. It cancelled the progress bar dialog of the first, too.