From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 17 02:03:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F1D4106566C for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:03:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from behrnetworks@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f223.google.com (mail-bw0-f223.google.com [209.85.218.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37AC88FC08 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz23 with SMTP id 23so1637087bwz.13 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:03:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=gxKaryA8ZQR+DGSQjOqIGQWdgzsWUOFw31qExLQZqkE=; b=P5RDj6Sx1fc1qPRyRnwjDPqScNnbmIilgIEYcrx6rZQbysVM5ibS1Z9lNoHejRA6nr RwgOazgYQ4zFAT8yWY+kTZU+H7wG3+i6OlEgUaambxhYzfR2S4/Gqn4pTb/PQqNS0O5R b7tRZH6Z0+Y8rSk+ZRgEpEzlrA6aU0MM4ri+g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=MOLOzL0Gb/cKmOVNiH1+lexBNsLgUWu/t281CRNrKthyQ2BWD9pyfZEtjlSCWEaWvM NaB5/5E1LOytUDJ1mG7v6tOm6kefxP6RI2iP55EyV5rKorI997vX9IAiL3hXh8kweaDY qdkjv4BGAtDse8GmJAVghU3ADRoqM23a5d7ks= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.126.5 with SMTP id a5mr4803072bks.109.1266372190991; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:03:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:03:10 -0500 Message-ID: <64aa03031002161803h667734cal4d668b9eb9c0a1a8@mail.gmail.com> From: Chris To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Seeing the dreaded "ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable" on 9.0-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:03:12 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to install CURRENT a single drive ZFS on root setup using the guide located here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot This is on an amd64-based Acer 5516 laptop. I'm able to complete the installation, however, when I boot, the system stops at the boot loader with several "error 1 lba xxx" (where xxx is some large number) errors and the "ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable" error. When I issue the "status" command at the boot loader, I see only the GPT partition and the ZFS pool. Should I also see any physical devices? I strongly suspect that the BIOS on this laptop is up to some sort of chicanery but it's hard to say so definitively since I can install and boot to a regular UFS-based FreeBSD installation. I've confirmed this on 8.0-RELEASE and 9.0-CURRENT. I've also made sure to delete any UFS and GPT partitions as well as any ZFS pools before installing to be sure that I'm installing on a clean disk. Also, I've tried building the bootloader (even though the guide said it's depreciated as of 8.0-STABLE and 9.0-CURRENT) as well as installing the boot blocks, both to no avail. Any ideas and/or suggestions would greatly be appreciated! Thanks, Chris