Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:18 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS on MBR does not boot at all Message-ID: <CAO%2BPfDdnssETKQHVBAPv60waaXhHNZj7r-f53VNh%2Bh99=3LOPQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDeyQ16aXEV1P6ACAE7=sbn%2Bm_-j2c5fV1YmqV8ds6cejw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO%2BPfDeyQ16aXEV1P6ACAE7=sbn%2Bm_-j2c5fV1YmqV8ds6cejw@mail.gmail.com>
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2013/4/18 David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>: > Hello, > > I would like to use ZFS over MBR for multiboot purposes. I've followed > that guide https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition but it > does not boot at all. The loader does not show up after choosing > FreeBSD in the boot0 loader. > > The _ prompt appears but nothing starts. I've found many people over > the web having the same problem but unfortunately no one found a > solution. > > I think the offensive commands are ones with dd and zfsboot. > > Regards, > So someone told me on IRC that the main problem was that I've put my partition swap as first partition in the FreeBSD slice and zfsboot *requires* that the zfs partition is the first. Can someone with right access to the wiki page may add a notice about this issue on https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition please? Regards, -- Demelier David
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