Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs boot vs loader Message-ID: <d36406630910120755k464eddbaled03810a723c9e30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AD3220B.5030502@icyb.net.ua> References: <4AD3220B.5030502@icyb.net.ua>
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2009/10/12 Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> > > I am using ZFS for boot-and-root filesystem. gptzfsboot is used for > bootstrapping, > if that matters. > Maybe the following is some kind of a pilot error, but I think that I see a > problem with selecting a different kernel using loader prompt. > That is, I escape to a loader prompt from boot menu. There I do 'unload'. > Then I > 'load' a different kernel, opensolaris.ko and zfs.ko. Then I 'boot'. Then > root > mounting inevitably fails because ZFS root filesystem can not be found. > > This is an unexpected result for me. > I wonder if something important for ZFS get unloaded when I unload > preloaded > kernel and modules. Perhaps I have to manually re-load zpool.cache? > > This happens with recent CURRENT, amd64. > What's strange is that I think that I can switch kernels from loader prompt > without any problems when using RELENG_7 and UFS-boot-plus-ZFS-root > approach. > > -- > Andriy Gapon > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > before you boot the kernels check the values of the following are still set eg vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:system/root" vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
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