From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 6 05:46:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29852106564A for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 05:46:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu) Received: from mx.egr.msu.edu (surfnturf.egr.msu.edu [35.9.37.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E578FC1B for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 05:46:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.egr.msu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F94E71F2D4; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:46:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at egr.msu.edu Received: from mx.egr.msu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (surfnturf.egr.msu.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id mJV3AKHy6Xsv; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:46:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [35.9.33.66] (unknown [35.9.33.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mcdouga9) by mx.egr.msu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D85C471F2D1; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:46:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A2A029E.50407@egr.msu.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:46:06 -0400 From: Adam McDougall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090406) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org, dfr@rabson.org References: <4A29E825.3010100@egr.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4A29E825.3010100@egr.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Possible to boot using gptzfsboot and a 'raid 10' in ZFS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:46:08 -0000 Adam McDougall wrote: > Should it be possible to boot from zpool consisting of a striped set > of mirrors using gptzfsboot? Using a FreeBSD 7.2 post-v13 ZFS cd or > the 200905 8.0 snapshot, neither let me set the bootfs zpool property > to a pool that is a 8 disk mirror. If I manage to get zpool to let me > set it, will gptzfsboot work with it anyway? Knowing that gptzfsboot > can boot from a single disk, mirror, raidz, and raidz2, it didn't > enter my mind that a raid10 might not work until I just tried it > tonight. Thanks for input. Also thanks for the existing code! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Oops sorry, the answer is probably in this mail below, I didn't realize it was so recent. I'm not in a rush since most of my systems will be a standard mirror which I already know works. Date: 05/27/09 From: Doug Rabson ... This is a limitation which I will remove as soon as I have a little time to work on it. ... I will simply remove this limitation for FreeBSD since we can now boot from any pool configuration.