From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 18:26:04 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 5BDD31065673 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 18:26:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martin@lispworks.com) Received: from lwfs1-cam.cam.lispworks.com (mail.lispworks.com [193.34.186.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA6B8FC17 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 18:26:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from higson.cam.lispworks.com (higson [192.168.1.7]) by lwfs1-cam.cam.lispworks.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p36IFDWn056315; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:15:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from martin@lispworks.com) Received: from higson.cam.lispworks.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by higson.cam.lispworks.com (8.14.4) id p36IFDY7024762; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:15:13 +0100 Received: (from martin@localhost) by higson.cam.lispworks.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p36IFDUd024758; Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:15:13 +0100 Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:15:13 +0100 Message-Id: <201104061815.p36IFDUd024758@higson.cam.lispworks.com> From: Martin Simmons To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <4D9B6713.4050107@networktest.com> (message from David Newman on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:01:39 -0700) References: <4C51ECAA.2070707@networktest.com> <4C51FE41.8030906@FreeBSD.org> <4D941BFF.6050807@networktest.com> <4D973400.9060404@networktest.com> <201104041138.p34BckHS029801@higson.cam.lispworks.com> <4D9B6713.4050107@networktest.com> Subject: Re: 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: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:26:04 -0000 >>>>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:01:39 -0700, David Newman said: > > On 4/4/11 4:38 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:34:40 -0700, David Newman said: > >> > >> 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. Good -- though it is strange the mfsBSD hung. Does it still hang, now that you have repaired the system? > 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. Maybe that is the cause of mfsBSD hanging too? > I understand the guide I used to build the old server has been > deprecated. What's the recommended setup these days? I don't know -- AFAIK http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 is still accurate. __Martin