Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:20:58 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> Cc: infrastructure-private@apache.org, questions@freebsd.org, rnoland@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFSROOT / Custom Kernels [or upgrades] Message-ID: <d36406630911300220j16bdef9elab0c7e534b022f29@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B13719A.4090505@p6m7g8.com> References: <4B13719A.4090505@p6m7g8.com>
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2009/11/30 Philip M. Gollucci <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> > Hi All, > > 1) > I followed this wiki link to setup our server [sigyn.apache.org] > (Dell r710 with 4 disks mfid[0123] as raidz2) > http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ2 > > Rebooted all was well. > > 2) off on another 'build' box [loki.apache.org], I had compiled > release/8.0.0 userland+kernel [with LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=yes]. > Whats the ETA for MFC from trunk->stable/8 for > http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=199714 > > ** FWIW, loki is working nicely on 8.0-RELEASE geom+zfs. > > 3) I nfs mounted /usr/src, and /usr/obj on sigyn from loki. > $ cd /usr/src > $ sudo make installkernel KERNCONF=SIGYN > > It fails to mount from zfs:zroot upon reboot. Via great hoops and magic > I got back into the fixit on remote console. I didn't see a loader.old > or a zfsboot. So I repeated the steps in wiki to install zfsboot. > Rebooted, same diff. > > Jumped backed to fixit and reverted the kernel to a stock GENERIC that > worked the 1st time. Same error again. > cd /boot > $ mv kernel kernel.cust > $ mv kernel.old kernel > > So assuming you are lucky enough to get a zfsroot system. Is there an > actual upgrade path ? Am I missing something stupid ? > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > I have a few days to play with this machine before we forgoe zfsroot and > drop back to geom gmirror. > > I'm at a datacenter for $work on Monday/Tuesday so I'll be spare over > tonight. > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 1024D/DB9B8C1C B90B FBC3 A3A1 C71A 8E70 3F8C 75B8 8FFB DB9B 8C1C > Philip M. Gollucci (pgollucci@p6m7g8.com) c: 703.336.9354 > VP Apache Infrastructure; Member, Apache Software Foundation > Committer, FreeBSD Foundation > Sr. System Admin, Ridecharge Inc. > Consultant, P6M7G8 Inc. > > Work like you don't need the money, > love like you'll never get hurt, > and dance like nobody's watching. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > if you want to install the loader make sure you do a 'cd /usr/src/sys/boot/; make install' also never export the zpool before you reboot as this will clear it from the zpool.cache file and it wont boot proply
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