From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 04:43:58 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 69359106566B for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:43:58 +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 4777A8FC0C for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [69.55.234.104]) by mail3.networktest.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2D32560D3 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 21:43:58 -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 59648-02 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 21:43:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sagan.local (cpe-76-95-196-192.socal.res.rr.com [76.95.196.192]) (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 D22112560D2 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2011 21:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D9E928C.5020109@networktest.com> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:43:56 -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> <4D9B6713.4050107@networktest.com> <201104061815.p36IFDUd024758@higson.cam.lispworks.com> In-Reply-To: <201104061815.p36IFDUd024758@higson.cam.lispworks.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: new ZFS install 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: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:43:58 -0000 On 4/6/11 11:15 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> 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. Thanks. Yes, bum hardware was the culprit. That guide has worked well for me in the past. The only gotcha is that upgrading between versions using freebsd-update clobbers the boot records on each disk, and requires repair. Not a big deal but I have to remember this issue each time a new release comes out. 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"