From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 21:14:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1C01065670 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:14:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 203D48FC16 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:14:00 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0M0A008000BCK800@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:14:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from [10.0.2.93] ([unknown] [76.210.72.39]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0M0A004MH0BAO420@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:13:59 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:13:58 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com> To: Lucas Yamanishi Message-id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.72.39 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-13, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.3.2.210618, SenderIP=76.210.72.39 References: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS rootfs on G5 970MP X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:14:01 -0000 On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Lucas Yamanishi wrote: > Is it possible? > > I tried using 9.0-RELEASE. I followed the UFSBoot guide from the wiki > using a UFS /bootdir slice. Everything was done to the T. zfs and > opensolaris modules were specified in loader.conf. Unfortunately > when I > rebooted I got this error: > > 
> Trying to mount root from zfs:zroot []...
> Mounting from zfs:zroot failed with error 2: unknown file system.
>
> Loader variables:
>  vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:zroot
>
> > At this point I've settled for a UFS root with ZFS /var, /tmp, and / > usr > sub-hierarchies. Sorry, that means no logs, no kbd. It looks like there's a bug in the ppc64 loader(8) that prevents module preload from working properly. I'll see if I can track it down, but am very short on time at the moment (help appreciated). -Nathan