Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:23:41 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support of PCIe NVME drives Message-ID: <37408503-c462-97fa-e702-f23fed366f83@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <36c9c502-f9b6-fd3d-3ac2-80ab18f8d420@quip.cz> References: <5a20f111-b2f5-c1a1-acdf-86df43d79ace@quip.cz> <20200416180705.GB39563@home.opsec.eu> <36c9c502-f9b6-fd3d-3ac2-80ab18f8d420@quip.cz>
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On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: >> Hi! >> >>> I was requested to install FreeBSD 11.3 on a new Dell machine with >>> only 2 >>> NVME drives in ZFS mirror. The problem is that installer does not >>> see the >>> drives. Are there any special procedure to use NVME drives for >>> installation a later for booting? >> >> I use 2 NVMe drives as zfs mirror to boot from on my testbox, >> but it runs CURRENT, since approx. November 2018. >> >> So maybe try it with 12.1 ? I know, that does not help if you are asked >> to install 11.3, but at least it gives you an idea... >> > > I tried 12.1 few minutes ago but the result is the same - no NVME > drives listed. > Should I try something with kernel modules, some sysctl tweaks? > Should I try UEFI boot? (I never did) > I would try booting via UEFI if you can. I just installed a laptop yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 12-STABLE snapshot I used to boot from. no other modifications were necessary on my end. -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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