Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 22:20:43 +0200 From: keramida@freebsd.org (Giorgos Keramidas) To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS on MBR does not boot at all Message-ID: <67um8rwqrdrxes.fsf@saturn.laptop> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDdnssETKQHVBAPv60waaXhHNZj7r-f53VNh%2Bh99=3LOPQ@mail.gmail.com> (David Demelier's message of "Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:18 %2B0200") References: <CAO%2BPfDeyQ16aXEV1P6ACAE7=sbn%2Bm_-j2c5fV1YmqV8ds6cejw@mail.gmail.com> <CAO%2BPfDdnssETKQHVBAPv60waaXhHNZj7r-f53VNh%2Bh99=3LOPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:18 +0200, David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/4/18 David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>: >> Hello, >> I would like to use ZFS over MBR for multiboot purposes. I've followed >> that guide https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition but it >> does not boot at all. The loader does not show up after choosing >> FreeBSD in the boot0 loader. >> >> The _ prompt appears but nothing starts. I've found many people over >> the web having the same problem but unfortunately no one found a >> solution. >> >> I think the offensive commands are ones with dd and zfsboot. >> Regards, > > So someone told me on IRC that the main problem was that I've put my > partition swap as first partition in the FreeBSD slice and zfsboot > *requires* that the zfs partition is the first. > > Can someone with right access to the wiki page may add a notice about > this issue on https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition > please? Hi David, Thanks for following up with what the real problem was. I updated the Wiki to include this: Note that partition order is important. It seems that zfsboot requires the freebsd-zfs partition to be the first, so make sure you add if first, before your swap partition. Cheers, Giorgos --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAlGGvycACgkQ1g+UGjGGA7b4aQCgmP4RY/MiF+TU5wb/PqdiYSE7 KvMAoINt7AtWCpTsqldsHDkexrPWX3dj =HRSQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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