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To: Fabian Keil Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9f2aef3b-5c7f-858a-2769-48cb150825a0@gmail.com> <20170525120049.3633da28@fabiankeil.de> From: mtiger Message-ID: <34364737-98ee-94e1-b6c2-887dd8a01a33@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 09:00:07 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170525120049.3633da28@fabiankeil.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US 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: Sat, 27 May 2017 13:00:09 -0000 Thank You Fabian, I'm going to try pre-release 11.1 later today, I'm hoping this will be fixed. It seems like would be a common problem with ZFS and usb disks being installation options for so long now. Is this not a very common problem? On 5/25/2017 6:00 AM, Fabian Keil wrote: > mtiger wrote: > >> I have a similar situation. I have a nice ssd i am using through a usb >> port. I can't install this ssd internally because there are no free sata >> ports nor mounting slots. I would like to use ZFS on it, but I can't get >> it to boot using the ZFS options from the installer. I'm trying to use >> version 11 memstick image of the FreeBSD installer. >> >> Now if I leave the install media (on a usb flash drive) connected I can >> boot the drive setup as ZFS no problem. If i remove the install media >> and try to boot I get an error telling me it can't mount root. Power the >> system on and off and the problem is still the same. >> >> If I do the same installation and select UFS everything works fine every >> time no matter what usb devices I'm using or have connected. >> >> I've tried this on several machines but always with the same result. >> I've also had the same result using usb external hard drives. >> >> I've been through the handbook time and time again. I also get the same >> problem if I install TrueOS which is using 12-Current. As long as the >> install media is still connected it will boot the other drive setup for >> 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=208882 > > Fabian