Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 09:34:06 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: Alexander Burke <alex@alexburke.ca> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox 7.0, FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE-amd64, ZFS, and bootpool Message-ID: <d87ba7dd-bbb4-467a-8ec7-ed6edde6cd81@alexburke.ca> In-Reply-To: <b390469a-d68d-491b-8373-a2258dc238b0@holgerdanske.com> References: <b390469a-d68d-491b-8373-a2258dc238b0@holgerdanske.com>
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Hi David, FreeBSD 11 is deprecated and out of support. Have you tried with a newer ve= rsion? Quite a few changes to ZFS have happened since then, including the s= witch to OpenZFS. Cheers, Alex ---------------------------------------- Dec 31, 2023 04:36:42 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>: > freebsd-questions: >=20 > If I use VirtualBox 7.0 (on Debian 11.8 amd64) to create a FreeBSD-12.4-R= ELEASE-amd64 virtual machine with BIOS (MBR), ZFS boot, encrypted swap, and= encrypted ZFS root, the boot pool is not imported automatically when the s= ystem boots: >=20 > root@geneweb:~ # freebsd-version ; uname -a > 12.4-RELEASE-p9 > FreeBSD geneweb 12.4-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE-p9 GENERIC=C2=A0 amd= 64 >=20 > root@geneweb:~ # zpool import > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 pool: bootpool > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 id: 16038363864467226171 > =C2=A0=C2=A0 state: ONLINE > =C2=A0 action: The pool can be imported using its name or numeric identif= ier. > =C2=A0 config: >=20 > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 bootpool=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ONLINE > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ada0s1a=C2=A0=C2=A0 ONLINE >=20 >=20 > Why? >=20 >=20 > I have seen the defect since FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64.=C2=A0 I do not k= now if it was present earlier. >=20 >=20 > How do I arrange for bootpool to be imported automatically at boot? >=20 >=20 > David
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