Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:13:58 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Lucas Yamanishi <lyamanishi@sesda2.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS rootfs on G5 970MP Message-ID: <E4EACD79-0C41-4D15-80F2-4C74965410CC@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com> References: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com>
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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: > > <pre> > 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 > </pre> > > 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
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