Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:06:56 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2 Message-ID: <4A609390.20308@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <970380130907161818w2578b5bdm9402c235ef40c7b4@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A57E38B.5050108@mykitchentable.net> <970380130907122109g4e160373m37259a3c40d48373@mail.gmail.com> <4A5B7D28.1080000@mykitchentable.net> <970380130907131500u2d300ben4ddec327cc54d2b4@mail.gmail.com> <4A5BBEC5.200@mykitchentable.net> <970380130907151512k4870af65q55f7ed0545fa6521@mail.gmail.com> <970380130907151733w2f226b37r31a189e73ec54dc2@mail.gmail.com> <4A5ED9AE.4010003@yandex.ru> <970380130907161818w2578b5bdm9402c235ef40c7b4@mail.gmail.com>
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Jason Garrett wrote: > >snip everything that don't matter > > > 8. Install ZFS boot: > # gpart bootcode -b /zroot/boot/pmbr ad0 > # gpart bootcode -p /zroot/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0 > > 9. Change mount points for zroot pool and reboot. > > > > IT WORKS!!! > > Step 8 was CRUCIAL to the setup. All along, following the guides, I > was doing this. The ONLY difference was after I built the loader with > LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES I did this step from /mnt2/boot/pmbr and > /mnt2/boot/gptzfsboot. One guide even had me do this first. This is > the one thing that made it work. I am now happy to be testing > 8.0-BETA1 on my machine. > Congratulations! Now I have new hope. :) Hopefully I will get some time this weekend to try again. Cheers, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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