Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:51:02 -0800 From: Patrick Gibson <gibblertron@gmail.com> To: Elias Chrysocheris <eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS root mount problem Message-ID: <AANLkTimJw6XnOjXxKfP67pJnsxa%2BK17wQJR34vbEmbVm@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103021445.34918.eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> References: <AANLkTikpYAvgz_Vko0NRx%2BipX3VUgTVF86A3WmU%2Bw=nS@mail.gmail.com> <201103021445.34918.eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr>
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Thank you! Google Translate has helped some, and I will give that all a try this morning. Patrick On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Elias Chrysocheris <eliaschr@cha.forthnet.gr> wrote: > On Wednesday 02 of March 2011 00:22:28 Patrick Gibson wrote: >> I'm installing 8.2 on a server using the instructions for ZFS root >> filesystem (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot), and when I >> reboot after installing, it says: >> >> Root mount waiting for: usbus4 >> >> followed by: >> >> ROOT MOUNT ERROR >> >> When I did the initial install, I booted using a CD, and then from the >> 8.2 livefs on a USB stick. I'm not sure where it's getting usbus4 from >> when it boots from the hard disk. >> >> I can't figure out where to reset this. Any pointers? >> >> Patrick >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I think that the file zpool.cache is missing or it contains pool data coming > from the USB stick you used. I wrote an article for this, but unfortunatelly > is in Greek... The article is here: > http://www.freebsdworld.gr/node/38#zpool_cache > Besides the problem that you will not understand what I write (:)) you can > follow the commands. You will probably understand what's happening there. Just > skip the part that I cange the names of the gpt partitions (the one that I > have a bunch of "gpart modify" commands) > > I hope it will be usefull to you > > Regards > Elias >
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