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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:58:43 +0200
From:      Peter Blok <pblok@bsd4all.org>
To:        Yuri <yuri@aetern.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS Solaris: Cannot find the pool label
Message-ID:  <B42FCC63-4D2C-4BAF-9BF7-314961BF3C90@bsd4all.org>
In-Reply-To: <d5ef569e-ec0f-b90a-2ed6-f035d6003032@aetern.org>
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Yuri,

The exact message is in =
sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/spa_os.c:231 "Cannot find the =
pool label for %s, which is zroot in my case.

Peter

> On 10 Jul 2023, at 15:51, Yuri <yuri@aetern.org> wrote:
>=20
> Peter Blok wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> I have a small sized NAS with an on-board LSI SAS2308 controller in =
IR mode, but with drives presented directly. Due to space constraints =
I=E2=80=99m booting of those drives, which host a RAID-Z pool. A known =
problem with the on-board controller is that it is getting to hot and =
over time it dies slowly with lots of controller resets. This happened =
before, but I had a spare MB.
>>=20
>> Over the weekend this started to happen with my last spare MB. I =
still had a PCIe version of SAS2308 and plugged that with the drives =
into a newer machine, because it doesn=E2=80=99t fit in the existing =
case.
>>=20
>> The boot loader is started but it stops with Solaris: Cannot find the =
boot label for zroot
>=20
> Is this exact error message (you have it worded differently in =
subject)
> as I can't find that string anywhere in source (or history)?
>=20
>> When I add an extra drive on a SATA port and install FreeBSD ( same =
version 13-stable of a couple of days ago ) I can import the pool ok and =
scrub it. No errors found, but booting stil fails the same way even when =
I physically disconnect the extra drive.
>>=20
>> There are differences:
>>=20
>> - PCIe controller runs in IT mode. Reported drive size in blocks is =
identical. Firmware is 17.0. based when the on-board had 20.0 (latest) =
and ran IR in pass-thru.
>> - hardware is different
>>=20
>> Before I start upgrading firmware, I would like to investigate a bit =
more. (This is my last controller and I don=E2=80=99t want to brick it =
with newer firmware)
>>=20
>> Which label is ZFS complaining about and where is it located?
>=20
>=20




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