From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 17:30:44 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CB0EC6C for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from babel.karthauser.co.uk (212-13-197-151.karthauser.co.uk [212.13.197.151]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63E2D6626F for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:30:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Extravariant (unknown [90.155.77.76]) (Authenticated sender: joemail@tao.org.uk) by babel.karthauser.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF3A6EE6; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:30:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Dr Josef Karthauser To: Steven Hartland Subject: Re: Creating a bootable ZFS disk? X-Mailer: eMailGanizer Message-ID: 2F77CFBF-BB4D-45F7-A441-307602617498.goodhumans@emailganizer.goodhumans.com Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:30:23 +0000 Reply-To: Dr Josef Karthauser In-Reply-To: <54A035A7.7010401@multiplay.co.uk> References: <1548B1FF-36E2-4AE4-ADD4-3B8872A9DF55@tao.org.uk>, <549EC712.3010909@multiplay.co.uk>, <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk>, , , , <54A035A7.7010401@multiplay.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:30:44 -0000 On 28 Dec 2014 at 4:53:59 pm GMT, Steven Hartland = wrote: =20 > On 28/12/2014 07:36, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote: > > On 27 Dec 2014, at 22:57, Warren Block wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote: > >> > >>> I only have 'zfs_load=3D?YES?? in my /boot/loader.conf. I?m hoping = the problem is that I missed the ?-a4k? on the ?gpart add?. I?m starting = again and will report back whether it now works or not! :). > >> Misalignment just makes for slow performance, particularly on = writes. > >> > > Ok, fixed. With -a4k is it now booting. Looks like the partitions = weren=E2=80=99t aligned! > > > > As to whether they ought to be aligned by default, this box is on a = slightly older version: > > > > 10.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p7 #0: Tue Jul 8 06:37:44 = UTC 2014 > > > > so perhaps that=E2=80=99s been fixed since. > > > > Many thanks folk for your help! > > > Would you mind testing to see if this is indeed fixed in 10.1 or = current? >=20 > Would be good to ensure this is actually fixed? >=20 Grr. I've just updated to 10.1 and now my ata controllers are erroring = like crazy! Luckily booting kernel.old works. We're there issues with 10.1?=20 Joe