From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 7 17:40:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8324106574C for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2012 17:40:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from rc2.surewest.net (rc2.surewest.net [66.60.130.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767218FC17 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2012 17:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp4.surewest.net ([66.60.130.145]) by rc2.surewest.net ({1b970212-ad71-403b-a2dd-d897d2565e71}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20120107173621508; Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:36:21 +0000 X-RC-FROM: Received: from smtpauth.surewest.net (smtpauth.surewest.net [66.60.130.153]) by smtp4.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1A0989528; Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (unknown [69.62.230.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpauth.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C39469C08D; Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E59DD1657E9; Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:36:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1325957780; bh=LrL5r89tetp6syL9aR790P7mc4LGYajYaBrLT6+MLJE=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=f0xVxVS5vZ1ID4T52Q7eIzSe3kYX8lShzKeml94791j2Yu5eC11ipcJTH07oPiGbG 180LnsVR9zQUZulignHTgARHAa5RgCohk6JLF7V3fX7efSYhYtYncxY9LDPw9x01yL PiYOXSA1KX/U7lPOuuYZTgQMZajvU5X+nUM1pOwc= Message-ID: <4F088283.7070407@mykitchentable.net> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:36:03 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: APseudoUtopia References: <4F08684C.2070809@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120107-0, 01/07/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: Mark Felder , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Root Won't Mount - Unknown Filesystem -- SOLVED X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:40:17 -0000 On 1/7/2012 8:29 AM, APseudoUtopia wrote: > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mark Felder wrote: >> Hi Drew, >> >> I'm pretty sure you can't run a RAIDZ as your root pool. That's likely the >> problem. Kind of sucks, I know :-( >> > You can use raidz1 as your root pool. I'm running it right now on my 9.0 system. > > Drew: My first suggestion is to confirm that you added the proper > options in /boot/loader.conf. Mine looks like this: > > vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:zroot" > zfs_load="YES" Thank you for your reply. This was my problem. I had the zfs_load="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, not /boot/loader.conf. > In addition, zfs_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf to automount the > other zfs filesystems, such as /usr, /var, or whichever ones you > setup. > > Did you set the proper mountpoints on your zfs filesystems before > rebooting? As in, `zfs set mountpoint=legacy zroot` and `zfs set > mountpoint=/usr zroot/usr` and so on, for each for your file systems. Yes, although I've read that 'zfs set mountpoint=/ zroot' is acceptable as well. I set mine to "/" after trying to import pool with '-o altroot=/mnt' in LiveCD. When mountpoint was "legacy", altroot didn't work right. Opinions on "/" vs. "legacy"? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Drew -- Like card tricks? Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to learn card magic secrets for free! http://alchemistswarehouse.com