From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu May 25 10:04:59 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8BA9D778CD for ; Thu, 25 May 2017 10:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay05.ispgateway.de (smtprelay05.ispgateway.de [80.67.31.97]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F15F18CF for ; Thu, 25 May 2017 10:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from [78.35.165.64] (helo=fabiankeil.de) by smtprelay05.ispgateway.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1dDpbN-0002Ir-Ll; Thu, 25 May 2017 12:02:41 +0200 Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 12:00:49 +0200 From: Fabian Keil To: mtiger Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS root on single SSD? Message-ID: <20170525120049.3633da28@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <9f2aef3b-5c7f-858a-2769-48cb150825a0@gmail.com> References: <9f2aef3b-5c7f-858a-2769-48cb150825a0@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/waNeCLTCJ5UsjuCW5LIs8Y5"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Df-Sender: Nzc1MDY3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:04:59 -0000 --Sig_/waNeCLTCJ5UsjuCW5LIs8Y5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable mtiger wrote: > I have a similar situation. I have a nice ssd i am using through a usb=20 > port. I can't install this ssd internally because there are no free sata= =20 > ports nor mounting slots. I would like to use ZFS on it, but I can't get= =20 > it to boot using the ZFS options from the installer. I'm trying to use=20 > version 11 memstick image of the FreeBSD installer. >=20 > Now if I leave the install media (on a usb flash drive) connected I can=20 > boot the drive setup as ZFS no problem. If i remove the install media=20 > and try to boot I get an error telling me it can't mount root. Power the= =20 > system on and off and the problem is still the same. >=20 > If I do the same installation and select UFS everything works fine every= =20 > time no matter what usb devices I'm using or have connected. >=20 > I've tried this on several machines but always with the same result.=20 > I've also had the same result using usb external hard drives. >=20 > I've been through the handbook time and time again. I also get the same=20 > problem if I install TrueOS which is using 12-Current. As long as the=20 > install media is still connected it will boot the other drive setup for=20 > ZFS. If I disconnect the install flash drive it will not boot. The behaviour you describe could be the result of this bug: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D208882 Fabian --Sig_/waNeCLTCJ5UsjuCW5LIs8Y5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQTKUNd6H/m3+ByGULIFiohV/3dUnQUCWSarUgAKCRAFiohV/3dU ncFgAKC+jPqT2Mcn9Y8oPvHZEoOgBH6E+QCgiK+/Yr1YSL6wMEfHdGgkeY3GA+M= =RucA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/waNeCLTCJ5UsjuCW5LIs8Y5--