From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 00:47:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E30106564A for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6700D8FC08 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so3922217bwz.3 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:47:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:received:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=z3fCglnTMYsOu+0WAmpfNu/x5xYVPW2ztEe66TP4WQw=; b=B99L82tXoz2oLsoPEh/b81vYUbDnwOpFWVeHS/DdNixXn81RNxTlZl+8D5LW5Bjely c1J7d433QVwIYPGWnGAQrsLa4JDHbVP1UybQ2bbVnkcTBwzCIi0/DWLZ3oFfXMxDNOVF pw2pBAZw1FjNJnfrN5Bxw6MFKgtL8cgFvSCVk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=urjVZ1fUkbKgjfcUxYyCLNzVZmBD1S9pY3DJfE3qTOpak3uImYBn/qkYixmZBT6fg4 PNUiz310vcsbTVjYJ+JwKrfwGw94LCW1Jc/l+GyJ3wNIzOv4ANkjjA8mnOguL9PBPh+0 yKOy7gidt45DjJBz0mxhYK9+FC931Tv7RsWLY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.59.143 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:47:02 +0200 Received: by 10.204.4.139 with SMTP id 11mr1787880bkr.27.1269737222178; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Dan Naumov To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, ari@ish.com.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: RE: boot code compatibility with ZFS X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:47:03 -0000 > FreeBSD 7.1: ZFS version 6, no ZFS boot capability > FreeBSD 7.2: ZFS version 6, zfsboot only, boot from single vdev pool only > FreeBSD 7.3: ZFS version 13, zfsboot broken, no ZFS boot capability > > FreeBSD 8.0: ZFS version 13, gptzfsboot and zfsboot, boot from mirrored pool > or single vdev, RAIDZ not supported, degraded pool not supported I am not really sure what gives you the idea that booting off a degraded pool is not supported in 8.0. I have a zfsroot/boot configuration sitting on a mirror and I have tested yanking one drive at a time (resulting in a degraded pool) and booting with only 1 disk present and it worked just fine. - Sincerely, Dan Naumov