From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 17:37:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A3A1106564A for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:37:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from mail.mroute.net (lax-gw02.mailroute.net [199.89.0.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9188FC0C for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:37:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lax-gw02.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B732D1DEDCD; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:37:30 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by lax-gw02.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E732A1DEDA4; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:37:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E0DFA3CEA; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:37:29 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Adam Vande More References: <21D3DE2D-2C1E-4C7B-860E-C637C746150A@forsythia.net> <86lj0j9cwd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.18.3.11; tzolkin = 5 Chuen; haab = 4 Cumku Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:37:29 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Adam Vande More's message of "Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:29:21 -0500") Message-ID: <86hbb6aply.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Andrew Moran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSd when using a zfs-only installation? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:37:31 -0000 >>>>> "Adam" == Adam Vande More writes: Adam> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Randal L. Schwartz Adam> wrote: >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=94557&postcount=19 Adam> Well those are his modified upgrade instructions, they seem Adam> relatively sound but the extra steps aren't required. The gpart Adam> stuff is to update the boot loader which is only necessary if you Adam> upgrade the file system or pool eg zfs/zpool upgrade. You should Adam> probably run this just to prevent potential severe pain later. No, this was *absolutely* necessary for the 8.1 upgrade, because the binary-installed boot loader was still ZFS ignorant. I'm just asking if it's *still* necessary for 8.2. Does the 8.2 boot loader now know about ZFS if I install it from freebsd-update? Keep in mind, I'm booting straight from ZFS. There are no UFS partitions on my disk. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion