Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:33:27 +0400 From: Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey@gmail.com> To: "Sevan / Venture37" <venture37@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting from ZFS root on MBR layout fails on ThinkPad X61s Message-ID: <CA%2BK5SrPErbbJiYDCs7be15ZU1j89s2Hpaa0kLPmj8dUkTyyKGA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BU3Mf6w-Af2H1uJtfLzvKwYc%2BFmTfHvupSU_Z7WCFrHcWTV4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BU3Mf6w-Af2H1uJtfLzvKwYc%2BFmTfHvupSU_Z7WCFrHcWTV4g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Sevan / Venture37 <venture37@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I decided to wipe away the disk in my X61s & start afresh with a new > install of FreeBSD-Current at the same time switching to root on ZFS > (previously /boot was on UFS). > I've been unsuccessful in being able get the system to boot, after > trying various combinations of > https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition I switched back to > using the install menu option & just switching from GPT to MBR > (everything else as default). > Once install completes & the system reboots, the system hangs at a prompt. > > I was pointed to a post regarding modifying partition ID's by Allan > Jude as there seems to have been an issue with ThinkPads & FreeBSD in > the past. This also didn't work & caused the system to reset. > > What should be my next step for trying to debug this issue? > > > Sevan / Venture37 It seems there are some problems with compatibility :( I'm have X220 my config # camcontrol devlist <Corsair Neutron SSD M206> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (ada0,pass0) <OCZ-NOCTI 2.15> at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ada1,pass1) % gpart show => 63 468862065 ada0 MBR (224G) 63 234441585 1 freebsd (112G) 234441648 234420480 2 freebsd (112G) => 0 234441585 ada0s1 BSD (112G) 0 234441585 1 freebsd-zfs (112G) => 63 234441585 ada1 MBR (112G) 63 234441585 1 freebsd [active] (112G) => 0 234441585 ada1s1 BSD (112G) 0 234441585 1 freebsd-zfs (112G) system ZFS mirror x220pool (ada0s1a ada1s1a) boot only ada1 (msata) disk. Boot with GPT not work, black screen and reboot without any menu. When I used HDD as ada1 boot with him work MBR method Might be worth trying to boot from UEFI but it's still an experimental method https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI
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