Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:47:25 +0000 From: Dr Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Steven Hartland <steven@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a bootable ZFS disk? Message-ID: <BBE0034F-B8F7-4E04-883C-8B4DE409D7E8@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk> References: <1548B1FF-36E2-4AE4-ADD4-3B8872A9DF55@tao.org.uk> <549EC712.3010909@multiplay.co.uk> <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I only have 'zfs_load=“YES”’ in my /boot/loader.conf. I’m hoping the problem is that I missed the ‘-a4k’ on the ‘gpart add’. I’m starting again and will report back whether it now works or not! :). Joe On 27 Dec 2014, at 14:55, Steven Hartland <steven@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: > Replied too quickly there, as your already doing that, however you're changing the name so the likely issue is you didn't update loader.conf > > You should just need the following in /boot/loader.conf: > vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:copy/ROOT/default " > > Regards > Steve > > On 27/12/2014 14:49, Steven Hartland wrote: >> Unfortunately send / receive doesn't maintain the pool bootfs, so simply setting that should be all you need e.g. >> >> zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank >> >> >> On 27/12/2014 14:37, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote: >>> I’m trying to create a new ZFS pool from an existing one (the new one is 4k aligned and the old one is legacy 512b). >>> >>> But, I can’t get it to boot! Not sure what I’m doing wrong. >>> >>> I thought I could create the new pool, and use ‘zfs send/recv’ to copy the existing pool and then boot onto the new disk, but the kernel doesn’t load… :(. >>> >>> Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong? >>> >>> Here’s my recipe: >>> >>> # gpart create -s gpt diskid/DISK-NEW-DISK >>> # gpart add -s 64K -t freebsd-boot diskid/DISK-NEW-DISK >>> # gpart add -t 8G freebsd-swap diskid/DISK-NEW-DISK >>> # gpart add -t freebsd-zfs diskid/DISK-NEW-DISK >>> # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 diskid/DISK-NEW-DISK >>> >>> # zfs create copy /dev/diskid/DISK-NEW-DISKp3 >>> # zfs send -R oldpool@20141226 | zfs receive -duvF copy >>> # zpool set bootfs=copy/ROOT/default copy >>> >>> That ought to do it, right? But, if I remove all the existing drives and try and boot on just the new drive, it gets nowhere. I see the ‘/‘, but it doesn’t spin and doesn’t time out. :(. >>> >>> Any clues would be gratefully received. >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> Joe >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJUnuKeAAoJEGdCjs+EVN/YK/0H/i+h+UfCUgTOguAIHp8U5A1F gLBit9F5YWmrQ7K7bqsCi2GvZWSQuMzAeC/7xYrY21/ZsqKHVKMEIoOY5r51QNxG UXlCMHzr++ghEZ4chAQPwI9JNKnnCGG+zBnVyX1ZFUbUFJzVtp98jfCGjdBBp/5n 7JdwZZLIheKqaSmtfML5Jp8KONkhZjA4lf5XDYwfO9laR97nXOfrmfCqNLI+riLQ 5R4wrsTZnJHxN1Of3Znjbls7Q30ir+B3IKmOa3cplkg/57IZwcBbvJCAHS2sSY09 Xe7KBjbPAgkn/30nBugfIJimWdWR9YdT6E/6I2iQsaWvG+KaM1JDQ8hf0POhTc4= =ew1R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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