From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 16:53:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9766931 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:53:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x235.google.com (mail-lb0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E10A2016 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:53:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id 10so2817298lbg.26 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:53:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=7SHEoxDjvVq+kmsh3M/dcsI7z+znafp8KUllXxUYJpc=; b=UOPfSwBHiZ8R/9v0AhifHmhwrvzK+6zhYav2qjI5Qa1wkIVyjaIpL1hFzgQ7GNnOGd H/358F0f9ZA3q3XvDYEGUezwIsNxlMeaLBy+G4GJmzTiGM56C0il266hFO8tUhParj0E jxE/72s23Xq9g6FFYmB5q/MI2wRuzXhgSoJHwMRaKHxQagqRGG9AjOnUg6Jlz7a9rKqC sZ1mHDtlZve6EMcX83NoRI70qSE5BcJo8/CXry+rvYWA+2uZ5m0Oc6mCv5EMIMVhB+Nt EBLowD3mXDTzcg4Qhh775zcACy3pky2te0RAcgLcSBEMDMPPi7yj5nPHA9t9ZLd7cVYC Nh2g== X-Received: by 10.112.204.164 with SMTP id kz4mr17730820lbc.15.1408207982965; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:53:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: argiopeweb@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.169.102 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:52:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Elliot Robinson Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:52:42 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PDaOQ8BZSwfqukiInuRQXDJzSOQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 w/ fresh root-on-ZFS fails to boot To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:53:06 -0000 Passes short, testing long. I doubt it's the disk, as the Guided install (UFS) consistently works with a partition table on the same sectors. I reinstalled it after the ZFS trials and before writing the email, just to be sure). I booted into whatever was on there before (9.1 maybe?) prior to putting 10 from the guided install on, so that also worked. --- Elliot Robinson PGP Key: 9FEDE59A On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 5:06 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, Elliot Robinson wrote: > > Good evening all, >> I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 10 from the memstick image. Installing >> with guided partitioning works and boots with no modifications, but I'd >> prefer to run ZFS. I've spent the last 6 hours pursuing that goal to no >> avail. Any assistance the group could offer would be greatly appreciated. >> >> So far I have attempted to install with root-on-ZFS with GPT and MBR, swap >> on and off, and 4k alignment on and off. I've also done some half-hearted >> playing with the loader.conf & etc after the install, but, since all the >> references I can find are focused on FreeBSD 9, I've come to the >> conclusion >> that the root-on-ZFS utility knows better than I what needs to be done. >> >> The only variable change which seems to have an effect is the GPT/MBR >> change. GPT gives: >> >> gptzfsboot: error 1 lba 1 >> gptzfsboot: error 1 lba 49 >> gptzfsboot: No ZFS pools located, can't boot >> >> after POST. MBR POSTs, then freezes with no output. As best I can tell >> with >> gpart, the partition table is effectively equivalent between guided and >> root-on-ZFS w/ GPT installs (with the obvious exception of the filesystem >> on ada0p2). >> >> Hardware platform is a 2009-era Dell Studio XPS with a Core2 Duo and 8GB >> RAM. Installation media is a 40GB OCZ Vertex II SSD. >> > > The error suggests a hardware failure, bad blocks on the SSD. If the SSD > supports SMART, can it pass a short or extended test? Otherwise, there > might be vendor testing software. >