Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:53:59 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a bootable ZFS disk? Message-ID: <54A035A7.7010401@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <D0A7BDB3-0808-481C-B454-C45BDA529D17@tao.org.uk> References: <1548B1FF-36E2-4AE4-ADD4-3B8872A9DF55@tao.org.uk> <549EC712.3010909@multiplay.co.uk> <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk> <BBE0034F-B8F7-4E04-883C-8B4DE409D7E8@tao.org.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412271553170.60737@wonkity.com> <D0A7BDB3-0808-481C-B454-C45BDA529D17@tao.org.uk>
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On 28/12/2014 07:36, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
> On 27 Dec 2014, at 22:57, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>>
>>> I only have 'zfs_load=?YES?? in my /boot/loader.conf. I?m hoping the problem is that I missed the ?-a4k? on the ?gpart add?. I?m starting again and will report back whether it now works or not! :).
>> Misalignment just makes for slow performance, particularly on writes.
>>
> Ok, fixed. With -a4k is it now booting. Looks like the partitions weren’t aligned!
>
> As to whether they ought to be aligned by default, this box is on a slightly older version:
>
> 10.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p7 #0: Tue Jul 8 06:37:44 UTC 2014
>
> so perhaps that’s been fixed since.
>
> Many thanks folk for your help!
>
Would you mind testing to see if this is indeed fixed in 10.1 or current?
Would be good to ensure this is actually fixed?
Regards
Steve
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