Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:10:12 GMT From: Henri Hennebert <hlh@restart.be> To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/153552: [zfs] zfsboot from 8.2-RC1 freeze at boot time Message-ID: <201012311510.oBVFACuj070708@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/153552; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Henri Hennebert <hlh@restart.be> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, hlh@restart.be Cc: Subject: Re: kern/153552: [zfs] zfsboot from 8.2-RC1 freeze at boot time Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:07:45 +0100 I'm using gpt on all my computers except the one which is hosted at OVH (http://www.ovh.com/). The standard procedure offered by OVH use MBR and install a slice of 6GB with FreeBSD 8.0. In case of problem I may ask (with the web interface) a net boot giving me a mfsBSD under FreeBSD 8.0. As I want to follow each release and use the latest ZFS, I keep the first slice under UFS and upgrade it to 8.x. The rest of the disk is a slice with ZFS. In normal use, this slice is used. In case of problem, I can switch to the first slice and make any repair on the second one because it contain a kernel able to import the ZPOOL. If the kernel is bad, I can netboot under 8.0, push any correction on the UFS slice, reboot from it and put the correction on the ZFS slice. I can repartition the disk with gpt but I would lost my data under ZFS. (Yes I have a backup but I prefer to keep all this running). On my netbook, I have a first slice with Windows7 preinstalled and the second one with ZFS. I have no CD allowing me to reinstall windows7. BTW thank you for your great work on ZFS. Henri
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