From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 00:43:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BC5E106566C for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:43:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@oddbit.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D35E8FC12 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:43:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so5262014ggn.13 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:43:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.129.24 with SMTP id g24mr6182087ann.31.1324167105999; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:11:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-qw0-f47.google.com (mail-qw0-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm33053706anv.7.2011.12.17.16.11.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:11:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by qadb17 with SMTP id b17so2013676qad.13 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:11:43 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.17.135 with SMTP id s7mr18892381qaa.65.1324167103295; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:11:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.164.17 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:11:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:11:43 -0500 Message-ID: From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: FreeBSD 8.2 (stable) never boots successfully after installkernel/installworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:43:11 -0000 Hello list, I've been having a recurring problem with my FreeBSD 8.2 stable system: after going through the whole buildworld/buildkernel/installkernel/reboot/mergemaster/installworld/mergemaster process, the system no longer boots successfully: the loader reports, "Can't work out which disk we are booting from". It looks to my eyes like the "zfsloader" binary is not getting built correctly: I've been carrying around an older zfsloader in /boot, so that if at the boot prompt I type: /boot/zfsloader.working Everything works out fine. The complete output of the boot process is here: https://twitter.com/#!/larsks/status/148191554278928384/photo/1 Additional details: - This is FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE on amd64 - The kernel (and world) are current as of this afternoon - This has only ZFS filesystems This has been a very frustrating problem, and I'm not sure how to start debugging things. I'd appreciate your help. Thanks, -- Lars