-- Installer boots up, selected shell

# dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/ada0 bs=512
5117460480 bytes transferred

# dd if/dev/zero of=/dev/ada0 bs=512 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes transferred

# exit

-- Installer comes back up, selected Install
-- Selected keyboard and typed in hostname
-- Selected option components: doc, lib32, ports
-- Partitioning: selected shell

# gpart destroy -F ada0
gpart: arg0 'ada0': Invalid argument

# gpart create -s gpt ada0
ada0 created

# gpart add -t freebsd-boot -s 64k ada0
ada0p1 added

# gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0
bootcode written to ada0

# gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1g -l boot ada0
ada0p2 added

# newfs -U gpt/boot
gpt/boot: 1024.0MB (2097152 sectors)...(more jargon)

# gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -l enc ada0
ada0p3 added

# geli init -bl 256 gpt/enc
Enter new passphrase:
Reenter new passphrase:

Metadata backup can be found in /var/backups/gpt_enc.eli and restored....

# geli attach gpt/enc
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
Enter passphrase:
GEOM_ELI: Device gpt/enc.eli created
GEOM_ELI: Encryption: AES-XTS 256
GEOM_ELI: Crypto: software

# newfs -U gpt/enc.eli
lots of comma seperated numbers

# mount /dev/gpt/enc.eli /mnt
# mkdir /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/gpt/boot /mnt/boot
# export DESTDIR="/mnt"
# exit

-- Installer extracts distribution files
-- Set up network, root password, CMOS clock, daemons
-- Finish install, drop back to shell

This shell is operating in a chroot in the new system. When finished making configuration changes, type "exit".

# vi /boot/loader.conf
geom_eli_load="YES"
vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/ad0p3.eli"

# vi /etc/fstab
/dev/gpt/enc.eli / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/gpt/boot /boot ufs rw 1 1
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0

# ls /boot
lots of files, including kernel, boot

# ls /
bin, usr, var, etc... (no pun intended)

# df -h
Filesystem       Size  Used  Avail  Capacity  Mounted on
.
.
/dev/gpt/enc.eli 1.4T  1.7G  1.2T   0%        /mnt
/dev/gpt/boot    1G    303M  623M   33%       /mnt/boot

# gpart list ada0 |less
lists the following:
Geom name: ada0
scheme: GPT
1. Name: ada0p1
        Mediasize: 65536 (64k)
        type: freebsd-boot
2. Name: ada0p2
        Mediasize: 1073741824 (1.0G)
        label: boot
        type: freebsd-ufs
3. Name: ada0p3
        Mediasize: 1499228061696 (1.4T)
        label: enc
        type: freebsd-ufs

# echo "PLEASE WORK"
PLEASE WORK

# reboot

.
.
.

loader: not a directory
gptboot: No /boot/loader on 0:ad(0p2)
kernel: not a directory
gptboot: No /boot/kernel/kernel on 0:ad(0p2)

FreeBSD/x86 boot
Default: 0:ad(0p2)/boot/kernel/kernel
boot:

-- Repeatedly smash face into keyboard, eventually system locks up