From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 5 19:18:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E91C6106566C for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:18:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: from mail3.networktest.com (mail3.networktest.com [69.55.234.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51C88FC19 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:18:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [69.55.234.104]) by mail3.networktest.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDD92560D3 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.networktest.com ([69.55.234.104]) by localhost (mail3.networktest.com [69.55.234.104]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02358-02 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dhcp207.eng.networktest.com (ns.networktest.com [205.147.16.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: dnewman@networktest.com) by mail3.networktest.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 23F4D2560D2 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:01:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D9B6713.4050107@networktest.com> Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:01:39 -0700 From: David Newman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org References: <4C51ECAA.2070707@networktest.com> <4C51FE41.8030906@FreeBSD.org> <4D941BFF.6050807@networktest.com> <4D973400.9060404@networktest.com> <201104041138.p34BckHS029801@higson.cam.lispworks.com> In-Reply-To: <201104041138.p34BckHS029801@higson.cam.lispworks.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: new ZFS install (was: Re: fixing a busted ZFS upgrade) X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:19:00 -0000 On 4/4/11 4:38 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:34:40 -0700, David Newman said: >> >> Thanks for this script. Problem is, I can't get to the point where I can >> run it. > > The script is used to perform the upgrade, so it would be too late for you > anyway (it would probably make things worse). > > >> I've tried booting from 8.1 and 8.2 mfsBSD ISOs but both hang at >> loader.conf. > > Have you tried the regular FreeBSD installation ISO? That doesn't know about > ZFS by default, but you can enter Fixit mode with "Use the live filesystem > CDROM/DVD" and load the modules using > > kldload /dist/boot/kernel/opensolaris.ko > kldload /dist/boot/kernel/zfs.ko Thanks, that did the trick, along with repairing the boot records on each disk. This server is showing some evidence of flaky hardware, and I'm looking to move its data onto a new server running FreeBSD 8.2 and ZFS in all partitions. I understand the guide I used to build the old server has been deprecated. What's the recommended setup these days? Thanks again! dn > > __Martin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"