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on 01/04/2013 22:57 Jay Borkenhagen said the following:
> Hi FS,
> 
> I am attempting to follow Niclas Zeising's updated directions at
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/9.0-RELEASE for
> "Installing FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE (or later) Root on ZFS using GPT."

It doesn't appear that you've mentioned what version of FreeBSD you are using.

> I have following those instructions verbatim twice now, both times
> winding up with the same error.  Niclas suggested asking here.
> 
> After I attempt to reboot into my brand new system, I find myself with
> this written on my unresponsive console:
> 
> 
> ===============
> Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 8854667 Hz quality 1000
> Root mount waiting for usbus6 usbus2
> uhub6: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
> uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
> Trying to mount root from zfs:zroot/ROOT []...
> Mounting from zfs:zroot/ROOT failed with error 2.
> 
> Loader variables:
>   vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:zroot/ROOT
> 
> Manual root filesystem specification:
>   <fstype>:<device> [options]
>       Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
>       and with the specified (optional) option list.
> 
>     eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a
>         zfs:tank
>         cd9660:/dev/acd0 ro
>           (which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0 /)
> 
>    ?              List valid disk boot devices
>    .              Yield 1 second (for background tasks)
>    <empty line>   Abort manual input


-- 
Andriy Gapon