Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:47:24 -0700 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from ZFS raidz Message-ID: <18920.34924.2076.295983@already.local> In-Reply-To: <20090417131443.GD96263@keltia.freenix.fr> References: <9461581F-F354-486D-961D-3FD5B1EF007C@rabson.org> <C3970DC5-43A8-4F04-AC55-292F27A30275@lassitu.de> <20090416160128.GA831@keltia.freenix.fr> <18919.25164.567669.809759@already.local> <20090417131443.GD96263@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Ollivier Robert writes:
> According to George Hartzell:
> > Which jsut means that you need a populated boot directory at the top
> > of the tank (e.g. /data/boot). If you're using the
> > create-zfsboot-gpt.sh file that was posted here recently, you'll need
> > to rework it a bit, since it puts the root dir at /data/ROOT/data.
>
> OK, following this, I managed the boot code to find loader & loader.conf.
> It stops when it can't find the root I want it to boot from though.
>
> The ? prompt shows me all devices (da{0,1,2}, da{0,1,2}p{1,2} and
> label/swap) but trying to use zfs:whatever does not seem to work.
>
> loader.conf is very small:
> -----
> zfs_load="YES"
> geom_label_load="YES"
> vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:tank/ROOT/tank"
> -----
>
> I did
> zfs set mountpoint=/tank/ROOT/tank tank/ROOT/tank (aka the real root)
>
> the other fs are in their usual place
> zfs set mountpoint=/usr tank/usr
> zfs set mountpoint=/var tank/var
>
> Any other ideas. I'll try to summarize here and on the wiki when I'm done.
Did you build the loader with LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES enabled?
I just threw that line in my /etc/make.conf and rebuilt everything.
g.
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