Installing FreeBSD 10 to ZFS with a script

Well, partially scripted, that is.

For installing large numbers of identical machines, proceed directly to the PC-BSD installer. It’s easy to configure, very reliable, and generally just rocks. If you’re accustomed to automatic installers like Kickstart, you’ll find the PC-BSD installer trivially easy.

I frequently have to install non-identical machines for special purposes, such as testing or unique file stores or EDI. Most of these are virtual machines. It seems that ZFS filesystems compress...