Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:13:14 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Can ZFS boot from other than the root of a pool? Message-ID: <532AF77A.9010204@denninger.net>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms020807060909050602030305 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For a number of reasons having to do with backup strategy I want to=20 mount a ZFS root from "poolname/root" instead just "poolname." That works ok; I can set in /boot/loader.conf: vfs.root.mountfrom=3D"zfs:zroot/root" But -- I cannot actually boot from there. Unless the /boot directory is = in zfs:/zroot the system cannot find it, and I see no obvious way to=20 "teach" the loader that I want it to look in the filesystem under the=20 top level. This isn't a terrible pain as I can simply mount zroot on /mnt and then=20 copy zroot/root/boot over to zroot/boot whenever I make changes to the=20 kernel or boot environment (which is infrequent) but I'm wondering if=20 I'm missing something that would make booting directly from the=20 filesystem where root is specified to be possible. (Obviously until the loader.conf file is found the system doesn't know=20 where root is either, so this does look at first blush to be a "chicken=20 and egg" problem.) --=20 -- Karl karl@denninger.net --------------ms020807060909050602030305 Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIFTzCC BUswggQzoAMCAQICAQgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgZ0xCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRAwDgYDVQQI EwdGbG9yaWRhMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlOaWNldmlsbGUxGTAXBgNVBAoTEEN1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBM TEMxHDAaBgNVBAMTE0N1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMgQ0ExLzAtBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWIGN1c3Rv bWVyLXNlcnZpY2VAY3VkYXN5c3RlbXMubmV0MB4XDTEzMDgyNDE5MDM0NFoXDTE4MDgyMzE5 MDM0NFowWzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNVBAgTB0Zsb3JpZGExFzAVBgNVBAMTDkthcmwg RGVubmluZ2VyMSEwHwYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhJrYXJsQGRlbm5pbmdlci5uZXQwggIiMA0GCSqG SIb3DQEBAQUAA4ICDwAwggIKAoICAQC5n2KBrBmG22nVntVdvgKCB9UcnapNThrW1L+dq6th d9l4mj+qYMUpJ+8I0rTbY1dn21IXQBoBQmy8t1doKwmTdQ59F0FwZEPt/fGbRgBKVt3Quf6W 6n7kRk9MG6gdD7V9vPpFV41e+5MWYtqGWY3ScDP8SyYLjL/Xgr+5KFKkDfuubK8DeNqdLniV jHo/vqmIgO+6NgzPGPgmbutzFQXlxUqjiNAAKzF2+Tkddi+WKABrcc/EqnBb0X8GdqcIamO5 SyVmuM+7Zdns7D9pcV16zMMQ8LfNFQCDvbCuuQKMDg2F22x5ekYXpwjqTyfjcHBkWC8vFNoY 5aFMdyiN/Kkz0/kduP2ekYOgkRqcShfLEcG9SQ4LQZgqjMpTjSOGzBr3tOvVn5LkSJSHW2Z8 Q0dxSkvFG2/lsOWFbwQeeZSaBi5vRZCYCOf5tRd1+E93FyQfpt4vsrXshIAk7IK7f0qXvxP4 GDli5PKIEubD2Bn+gp3vB/DkfKySh5NBHVB+OPCoXRUWBkQxme65wBO02OZZt0k8Iq0i4Rci WV6z+lQHqDKtaVGgMsHn6PoeYhjf5Al5SP+U3imTjF2aCca1iDB5JOccX04MNljvifXgcbJN nkMgrzmm1ZgJ1PLur/ADWPlnz45quOhHg1TfUCLfI/DzgG7Z6u+oy4siQuFr9QT0MQIDAQAB o4HWMIHTMAkGA1UdEwQCMAAwEQYJYIZIAYb4QgEBBAQDAgWgMAsGA1UdDwQEAwIF4DAsBglg hkgBhvhCAQ0EHxYdT3BlblNTTCBHZW5lcmF0ZWQgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUwHQYDVR0OBBYEFHw4 +LnuALyLA5Cgy7T5ZAX1WzKPMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFF3U3hpBZq40HB5VM7B44/gmXiI0MDgG CWCGSAGG+EIBAwQrFilodHRwczovL2N1ZGFzeXN0ZW1zLm5ldDoxMTQ0My9yZXZva2VkLmNy bDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOCAQEAZ0L4tQbBd0hd4wuw/YVqEBDDXJ54q2AoqQAmsOlnoxLO 31ehM/LvrTIP4yK2u1VmXtUumQ4Ao15JFM+xmwqtEGsh70RRrfVBAGd7KOZ3GB39FP2TgN/c L5fJKVxOqvEnW6cL9QtvUlcM3hXg8kDv60OB+LIcSE/P3/s+0tEpWPjxm3LHVE7JmPbZIcJ1 YMoZvHh0NSjY5D0HZlwtbDO7pDz9sZf1QEOgjH828fhtborkaHaUI46pmrMjiBnY6ujXMcWD pxtikki0zY22nrxfTs5xDWGxyrc/cmucjxClJF6+OYVUSaZhiiHfa9Pr+41okLgsRB0AmNwE f6ItY3TI8DGCBQowggUGAgEBMIGjMIGdMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMHRmxvcmlk YTESMBAGA1UEBxMJTmljZXZpbGxlMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDMRwwGgYD VQQDExNDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMS8wLQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFiBjdXN0b21lci1zZXJ2 aWNlQGN1ZGFzeXN0ZW1zLm5ldAIBCDAJBgUrDgMCGgUAoIICOzAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJ KoZIhvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0xNDAzMjAxNDEzMTRaMCMGCSqGSIb3DQEJBDEW BBR5OeT1Hd2tyg4PrI5xXoVsoIVACzBsBgkqhkiG9w0BCQ8xXzBdMAsGCWCGSAFlAwQBKjAL BglghkgBZQMEAQIwCgYIKoZIhvcNAwcwDgYIKoZIhvcNAwICAgCAMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgFA MAcGBSsOAwIHMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgEoMIG0BgkrBgEEAYI3EAQxgaYwgaMwgZ0xCzAJBgNV BAYTAlVTMRAwDgYDVQQIEwdGbG9yaWRhMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlOaWNldmlsbGUxGTAXBgNVBAoT EEN1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMxHDAaBgNVBAMTE0N1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMgQ0ExLzAtBgkq hkiG9w0BCQEWIGN1c3RvbWVyLXNlcnZpY2VAY3VkYXN5c3RlbXMubmV0AgEIMIG2BgsqhkiG 9w0BCRACCzGBpqCBozCBnTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNVBAgTB0Zsb3JpZGExEjAQBgNV BAcTCU5pY2V2aWxsZTEZMBcGA1UEChMQQ3VkYSBTeXN0ZW1zIExMQzEcMBoGA1UEAxMTQ3Vk YSBTeXN0ZW1zIExMQyBDQTEvMC0GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYgY3VzdG9tZXItc2VydmljZUBjdWRh c3lzdGVtcy5uZXQCAQgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAEggIATIDhhSTpw6SLgEPjhscHRJ/ftiCq Mv57nrwbLz7KyIY5K47GSkiLh4jH170Ml9WpIRD8mzEliaLAu9Yg03579RhEnE9G/c+q2pRT DHlh140I4KkpFpjX/xN/kM5ceqTjtw+lUfx88xB3AJS6jAw2mec16eynLrvngoqOvggYRGPq j5qO4rstlRukVXuFeSML3f7qpK272I+18lonnAJMN9sTycYGtn0T3MlMh4XI8EKmvCF5WArS aSavGlKxjV9Rm0cxjHcysdH8tgqj5mKZqqgV27XXuh2ZEb0b1aUmVqBSSD+eWmil+p7tJVG+ M7wcB0vwRf7wopjOCWwaaSYBvzAnm3W0pLTnAokBY+pl6bpFLV17wB3LusgNZImrI6/0pR78 UPD31pKhfEf0ZsDxaTYK89SE0fw9go9X4U3ddt/2Jnu9dadv1JhmeHg2dPm63vogc6G/e+HG 9WnVERCpLJ9vIp+jw5786QVhVrhAK6ckbI42quN4q+iZYNy6iKM3hNuIuMgRfX5QkY1cs5oS RrJad30/ykKJCbF5Bl78z3GNP/7V6Y6OpHnV/uyFQTr7QhdK1KwnuqsNAvjVzzKNdjuA9rlm KM01lR+JGDEJDsHN35XdktFLjPkk1Am8SzCOj1w7Kyr9e6XfWVTAOzMOfBVHCkrGgseyCBdQ kjmXZOYAAAAAAAA= --------------ms020807060909050602030305--
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