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From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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Subject: Re: boot from raidz
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On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 12:40:05PM +0200, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> >
> >echo 'zfs_enable="YES"' > /tank/etc/rc.conf
> >echo 'LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT="YES"' > /tank/etc/src.conf
> >echo 'zfs_load="YES"' > /tank/boot/loader.conf
> >echo 'vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:tank"' >> /tank/boot/loader.conf
[...]
> 
> 
> Seems correct at first glance.

two things come to my mind: are we sure the loader you have installed(the
ones from the distribution CD I think) was compiled with
LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT="YES" set? I don't think this is the case. Usually I
have to compile one on another machine(or just grab the one from a
similar machine) and overwrite the distribution one.

Another thing I notice; have you populated /boot/zfs/zpool.cache ??

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Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>