From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 25 20:57:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4326B106568B for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D28668FC19 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost by koef.zs64.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8PKvT5Y019561 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:57:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) (authenticated as stb) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes From: Stefan Bethke In-Reply-To: <20090925154125.GD48707@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:57:29 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <20090925154125.GD48707@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> To: Ollivier Robert X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) Cc: dfr@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting off raidz *mostly* work 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: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:57:32 -0000 Am 25.09.2009 um 17:41 schrieb Ollivier Robert: > According to Ollivier Robert: >> By popular demand: >> http://www.keltia.net/howtos/zfsboot > > I've succeeded in booting off raidz! > > There is a remaining issue with /boot/loader getting zfs errors at > boot time > resulting in loader.conf not being read. After setting the various > variables > manually (vm.kmem_size, vfs.root.mountfrom) and loading zfs, it > works... > > http://static.keltia.net/download/raidz-boot.png > > I've updated the howto to reflect that. > > Any help in tackling the last issue is welcome. In my various experiments, I sometimes got a setup that would load many, but not all files. However, re-running the script to re-create the zpool, or copying files to the filesystem would make any successive reboots not work anymore. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Fon +49 151 14070811