Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:32:31 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Dan D Niles <dan@more.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3 Message-ID: <4C29310F.2060304@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C292FE2.3060605@gmail.com> References: <1277759639.28118.23.camel@jane.spg.more.net> <4C292FE2.3060605@gmail.com>
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On 6/28/10 7:27 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > On 6/28/10 5:13 PM, Dan D Niles wrote: >> >> The release notes for FreeBSD 7.3 said that it could boot to zfs. I did >> not see any options for doing that via the normal install. I followed >> the instructions here: >> >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot >> >> When I reboot, I get: >> >> can't load 'kernel' >> >> I wiped the disk and tried again to verify I didn't miss a step. Same >> result. >> >> I saw a suggestion that zfs.cache needed to be copied. I did that >> during the setup, but I tried doing it again from Fixit. Same result. > > You don't need this step for 7.3. > >> The other suggestion I saw was to do section 2 step 7 "again." That >> shouldn't be necessary for 7.3, but I tried it anyway. Still seeing >> "can't load 'kernel'." I quoted the wrong sentence - you don't need _this_ step. >> >> Any suggestions for getting FreeBSD 7.3 to boot to ZFS? >> > > Can you try the following at the loader prompt, where you see the > FreeBSD boot options? > > load zfs > load opensolaris # should not be necessary, but just to be safe > boot > > Regards, > -- Glen Barber
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