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Date:      Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:07:47 -0800
From:      Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        Chris <behrnetworks@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Seeing the dreaded "ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable" on 9.0-CURRENT
Message-ID:  <4B7B4F73.60807@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <64aa03031002161803h667734cal4d668b9eb9c0a1a8@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <64aa03031002161803h667734cal4d668b9eb9c0a1a8@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2010/02/16 18:03, Chris wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install CURRENT a single drive ZFS on root setup using
> the guide located here:
> 
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot
> 
> This is on an amd64-based Acer 5516 laptop. I'm able to complete the
> installation, however, when I boot, the system stops at the boot
> loader with several "error 1 lba xxx" (where xxx is some large number)
> errors and the "ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable" error.
> When I issue the "status" command at the boot loader, I see only the
> GPT partition and the ZFS pool. Should I also see any physical
> devices? I strongly suspect that the BIOS on this laptop is up to some
> sort of chicanery but it's hard to say so definitively since I can
> install and boot to a regular UFS-based FreeBSD installation. I've
> confirmed this on 8.0-RELEASE and 9.0-CURRENT. I've also made sure to
> delete any UFS and GPT partitions as well as any ZFS pools before
> installing to be sure that I'm installing on a clean disk. Also, I've
> tried building the bootloader (even though the guide said it's
> depreciated as of 8.0-STABLE and 9.0-CURRENT) as well as installing
> the boot blocks, both to no avail.
> 
> Any ideas and/or suggestions would greatly be appreciated!

Just a wild guess...  Did you copied the /boot/zfs folder to the target
file system?

Cheers,
- -- 
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!	       Live free or die
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