Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:06:15 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <steven@multiplay.co.uk> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Dr Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a bootable ZFS disk? Message-ID: <54A062B7.1080701@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412281242160.86113@wonkity.com> References: <1548B1FF-36E2-4AE4-ADD4-3B8872A9DF55@tao.org.uk> <549EC712.3010909@multiplay.co.uk> <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk> <BBE0034F-B8F7-4E04-883C-8B4DE409D7E8@tao.org.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412271553170.60737@wonkity.com> <D0A7BDB3-0808-481C-B454-C45BDA529D17@tao.org.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412281242160.86113@wonkity.com>
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On 28/12/2014 19:44, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>
>> On 27 Dec 2014, at 22:57, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>>>
>>>> I only have 'zfs_load=?YES?? in my /boot/loader.conf. I?m hoping
>>>> the problem is that I missed the ?-a4k? on the ?gpart add?. I?m
>>>> starting again and will report back whether it now works or not! :).
>>>
>>> Misalignment just makes for slow performance, particularly on writes.
>>>
>>
>> Ok, fixed. With -a4k is it now booting. Looks like the partitions
>> weren?t aligned!
>
> Alignment alone should not have fixed it. While misaligned drives
> give poor performance, they should still work.
Indeed, possibly a bad BIOS?
Regards
Steve
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