Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:01:22 +0200 From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org>, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>, Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lockdown adaX numbers to allow booting ? Message-ID: <9cc6e486-a0e5-50aa-1273-3987f7b6ad5e@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ5-cx4_bs-ZHfHeaekXEQ_L3PX5Wi6D4Jd=ZYUMTn4TBA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20190919140219.GE2863@home.opsec.eu> <7E0AE025-596C-457E-BC40-41217857A3CD@me.com> <20190919155713.GG2863@home.opsec.eu> <3C855A39-BF79-4430-98CB-CB9174768E11@freebsd.org> <2cadfea9-e3da-f672-e12f-35109f11ad34@madpilot.net> <CAOjFWZ5-cx4_bs-ZHfHeaekXEQ_L3PX5Wi6D4Jd=ZYUMTn4TBA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19/09/19 18:54, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:47 AM Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net > <mailto:mad@madpilot.net>> wrote: > > On 19/09/19 18:04, Michael Gmelin wrote: > > > > What about gpart output of the pool drives? > > > > In general you would create zpools using gptids or gpt labels, not > the devices, so you’re independent of device numbering. The boot > loader should only be installed on drives that contain the boot pool > (maybe you have old boot loaders on data drives?). > > > > Actually the installer will at least some times use the adaX device to > create ZFS pools. At least it did for me when I recently rebuilt a > machine after a (multiple) disk crash. > > So it could not be Kurt fault if he has a pool with adaX devices in it. > > I installed the system on one disk and the installed used adaX to create > the pool. I added the second disk to the mirror a few days later. > > Now I have: > > pool: zroot > state: ONLINE > scan: resilvered 24.6G in 0 days 00:09:41 with 0 errors on Tue Sep 3 > 16:10:08 2019 > config: > > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > zroot ONLINE 0 0 0 > mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > ada0p4 ONLINE 0 0 0 > gpt/zfs1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > errors: No known data errors > > Now, in the case of a mirror (or a zraid) this could be fixed by > detaching adaX devices and reattaching them using the label. Disvantage > is the cluster will need to resilver, causing some degraded time and > extra disk load. > > > Boot off a LiveCD/USB stick. Export the pool. Import the pool with -d > /dev/gpt and it will use the GPT labels instead. Reboot into the > system, and it should continue to use the GPT labels. No resilvering > required. Good suggestion. I did not think about it. I'll try that once I can reboot the machine. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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