Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:11:51 -0400 From: Elliot Robinson <elliot.robinson@argiopetech.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root-on-ZFS - gptzfsboot fails to find pool Message-ID: <CAG7kECNoYJQmC0o9WuSQCQKwBB=1nqE%2Bi_MQp4fP6ZL9CDu58w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG7kECMSE6=91s_u9SskQw05hvGDsrm17pzvdxs=WtDjb_hv9g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG7kECNrhnabRey0QD%2B6ZB-Div-cX5iaf7UbT5suxTF59UdKhg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408201456200.93287@wonkity.com> <CAG7kECMSE6=91s_u9SskQw05hvGDsrm17pzvdxs=WtDjb_hv9g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Elliot Robinson < elliot.robinson@argiopetech.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, Elliot Robinson wrote: >> >> G'day all, >>> A fresh root-on-ZFS install using bsdinstall's ZFS option on FreeBSD 10 >>> fails to boot on my Dell Studio XPS 1640. Output at boot is >>> >>> gptzfsboot: error 1 lba 48 >>> gptzfsboot: error 1 lba 1 >>> gptzfsboot: No ZFS pools located, can't boot >>> >> >> This has come up in a few places lately. Could it be due to upgrading >> the pool but not updating the bootcode? >> > > Possibly in some cases, but this is a fresh install of 10 from > FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img. I've recompiled/reinstalled the > stage 2 bootcode from installed source (boot with the install media, `make` > in zroot/usr/src/sys/boot). The generated gptzfsboot is identical according > to cmp. Possible it's a regression from 9.2... > > Ah, I should mention. In the list of "Things I've Tried", we can also > include "Install from 9.3 media", which failed with the same error. > > > --- > Elliot Robinson > PGP Key: 9FEDE59A > > Digging around the bug tracker, I found this: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144234 Appears this has been going on since at least 9.0-CURRENT, and might be associated with Dell machines running Core 2 Duo-era hardware. I'm going to see if I can track down the change to zfsboot.c mentioned in the bug report and try booting with a modified gptzfsboot. --- Elliot Robinson PGP Key: 9FEDE59A
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