Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:31:26 -0500 From: Lucas Yamanishi <lyamanishi@sesda2.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS rootfs on G5 970MP Message-ID: <4F513C2E.30200@sesda2.com> In-Reply-To: <E4EACD79-0C41-4D15-80F2-4C74965410CC@freebsd.org> References: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com> <E4EACD79-0C41-4D15-80F2-4C74965410CC@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I have to bring up another machine next week. I was going to just dd the disk, but I'll try again if it'll be any help. Are there any kdb commands I should run when I get there? ########################################################## ## *question everything*learn something*answer nothing* ## ########################################################## ## Lucas Yamanishi ## ## Systems Administrator, ADNET Systems, Inc. ## ## 7515 Mission Drive, Suite A100 ## ## Lanham, MD 20706 ## ## 301-352-4646 ## ########################################################## On 03/02/2012 04:13 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > 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 > [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQEIAAYFAk9RPDgACgkQLKmwKWiiNLXGEgP6AiyqUa0wzITF4Fvr4fsvGcUe untc52CMlm4zrCC/hbGLLyRTOqxxjXDyt8VIJ1inBr8+zwH6/B3HpuoJPpJl9hE6 WffMUnSt7I/KK5oWH0Cd2MVAPtQyW3jVoqU+NopDu40wydBJvJS94swzslHYbLE2 B8zDGye+fTnNT/+eG2c= =jLyn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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