Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:07:47 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Chris <behrnetworks@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seeing the dreaded "ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable" on 9.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <4B7B4F73.60807@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <64aa03031002161803h667734cal4d668b9eb9c0a1a8@mail.gmail.com> References: <64aa03031002161803h667734cal4d668b9eb9c0a1a8@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2010/02/16 18:03, Chris wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install CURRENT a single drive ZFS on root setup using > the guide located here: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot > > This is on an amd64-based Acer 5516 laptop. I'm able to complete the > installation, however, when I boot, the system stops at the boot > loader with several "error 1 lba xxx" (where xxx is some large number) > errors and the "ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable" error. > When I issue the "status" command at the boot loader, I see only the > GPT partition and the ZFS pool. Should I also see any physical > devices? I strongly suspect that the BIOS on this laptop is up to some > sort of chicanery but it's hard to say so definitively since I can > install and boot to a regular UFS-based FreeBSD installation. I've > confirmed this on 8.0-RELEASE and 9.0-CURRENT. I've also made sure to > delete any UFS and GPT partitions as well as any ZFS pools before > installing to be sure that I'm installing on a clean disk. Also, I've > tried building the bootloader (even though the guide said it's > depreciated as of 8.0-STABLE and 9.0-CURRENT) as well as installing > the boot blocks, both to no avail. > > Any ideas and/or suggestions would greatly be appreciated! Just a wild guess... Did you copied the /boot/zfs folder to the target file system? Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLe09zAAoJEATO+BI/yjfBZhsH/jX6l3DedCM8EYmsGftpunqL 4FtxmgDMEXd7jvmNmFdHVVf3vrctGB4ldcr8hriNkMvvEy3fuykEfJkBmY3sIhQ0 A4iXWUH6QIiiaakjOocGhk58r3MisUS4u0qhpmSdyEuH6CHF3SBLJubUBmpEQ89W oilYch+qlkwNZqoGKP0gxMnY9DEttt9hlUo2HwLIBE1ApX8bNyNp18iHd2v61eSD 9elluEokjHqQqD6II7z+rSefODs9AEna+wx7d/BZLEVZMcfDarYPiajS0b0kBFXz 1LRlM8Uxz5YWQkx2irhtcC41aUwf55CnY2MbZ+nobTV+pgXrMkIUvphiplPKMvU= =1gQ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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