Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:45:22 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a bootable ZFS disk? Message-ID: <54A041B2.4080400@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <54a03e50.886f320a.3f53.ffffe8cbSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com> References: <1548B1FF-36E2-4AE4-ADD4-3B8872A9DF55@tao.org.uk>, <549EC712.3010909@multiplay.co.uk>, <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk>, <BBE0034F-B8F7-4E04-883C-8B4DE409D7E8@tao.org.uk>, <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412271553170.60737@wonkity.com>, <D0A7BDB3-0808-481C-B454-C45BDA529D17@tao.org.uk>, <54A035A7.7010401@multiplay.co.uk> <54a03e50.886f320a.3f53.ffffe8cbSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
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On 28/12/2014 17:30, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>
> On 28 Dec 2014 at 4:53:59 pm GMT, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 28/12/2014 07:36, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>>> On 27 Dec 2014, at 22:57, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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! :).
>>>> Misalignment just makes for slow performance, particularly on writes.
>>>>
>>> Ok, fixed. With -a4k is it now booting. Looks like the partitions weren’t aligned!
>>>
>>> As to whether they ought to be aligned by default, this box is on a slightly older version:
>>>
>>> 10.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p7 #0: Tue Jul 8 06:37:44 UTC 2014
>>>
>>> so perhaps that’s been fixed since.
>>>
>>> Many thanks folk for your help!
>>>
>> Would you mind testing to see if this is indeed fixed in 10.1 or current?
>>
>> Would be good to ensure this is actually fixed?
>>
> Grr. I've just updated to 10.1 and now my ata controllers are erroring like crazy! Luckily booting kernel.old works.
>
> We're there issues with 10.1?
>
We've had some people report issues with AHCI, but no one in the team
has been able to reproduce.
Do you have any more details?
Regards
Steve
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