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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:06:16 +0300
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru>
To:        Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [SOLVED] [memstick install] auto-zfs error
Message-ID:  <277f7ce9-f939-0878-f954-4924596b6421@passap.ru>
In-Reply-To: <op.y26hv3u6kndu52@joepie>
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10.07.2017 23:58, Ronald Klop пишет:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:53:11 +0200, Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> wrote:
> 
>> 10.07.2017 22:21, Toomas Soome пишет:
>>>
>>>> On 10. juuli 2017, at 21:24, Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 10.07.2017 21:05, Allan Jude пишет:
>>>>> On 2017-07-09 14:40, Boris Samorodov wrote:
>>>>>> 08.07.2017 18:56, Boris Samorodov пишет:
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tied to install a new FreeBSD-amd-12 system from official USB
>>>>>>> installation memstick.img. Auto-UFS (GPT) installs fine and the
>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>> boots fine. However, ZFS-Auto install succeeds, but is not loaded.
>>>>>>> At the very beginning it gives something like "gpt sector XXXX
>>>>>>> error,
>>>>>>> gpt sector 1 error, can't find zroot..."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is it a known error / should I give more (precise) errors?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried two recent images with the same result:
>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20170703-r320599-memstick.img
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-CURRENT-amd64-20170626-r320360-memstick.img
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It turned out GPT and zfs are not usable at this machine.
>>>>>> MBR / ZFS works fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll stick with that.
>>>>>
>>>>> What type of machine is it?
>>>>
>>>> It's a PC circa 2009 with MB ASUS P5QL/EPU:
>>>> ---
>>>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7400  @ 2.80GHz (2799.52-MHz
>>>> K8-class CPU)
>>>>  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x1067a  Family=0x6  Model=0x17  Stepping=10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Features2=0xc08e3bd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE,OSXSAVE>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
>>>>  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
>>>>  VT-x: HLT,PAUSE
>>>>  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
>>>> real memory  = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
>>>> avail memory = 3324891136 (3170 MB)
>>>> Event timer "LAPIC" quality 100
>>>> ACPI APIC Table: <A_M_I_ OEMAPIC >
>>>> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
>>>> FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> WBR, bsam
>>>
>>> Of course it really can not be that the BIOS has something against
>>> combination of GPT+ZFS, but this combination may trigger some sort of
>>> bug/misbehavior. I have seen some pretty weird issues and have work
>>> in process to have a bit more fool proof approach, but I haven't had
>>> time yet to finalize it properly.
>>
>> Yep, UFS+GPT works fine here.
>>
>> Just for archieves: errors for ZFS + GPT
>> ---
>> gptzfsboot: error 128 lba 3907027040
>> gptzfsboot: error 128 lba 1
>> gptzfsboot: no zfs pools located, can't boot
>> ---
>>
>> The disk is:
>> ---
>>         512             # sectorsize
>>         2000397852160   # mediasize in bytes (1.8T)
>>         3907027055      # mediasize in sectors
>>         0               # stripesize
>>         0               # stripeoffset
>>         3876018         # Cylinders according to firmware.
>>         16              # Heads according to firmware.
>>         63              # Sectors according to firmware.
>>         WD-WMAUR0112162 # Disk ident.
>>         Not_Zoned       # Zone Mode
>> ---
>>
>> UEFI is not available at the motherboard.
>>
>>> Namely, what I have found is that in some systems the INT13 ah=08 can
>>> result with unexpected results - error from command reported or disk
>>> count not reported etc - something not really expected. It also may
>>> have to do about what other devices are there. And also if the system
>>> has plain BIOS or BIOS emulated on UEFI.
>>
> 
> This looks similar to:
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144234
> Please add your information if you think it is the same issue. Or try
> the workaround and see if it helps.

Yes, the problem seems to be the same. A comment is added.

Thank you for the link.

-- 
WBR, bsam



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