Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:02:28 -0500 From: dweimer <dweimer@dweimer.net> To: Chris Nehren <cnehren+freebsd-stable@pobox.com> Cc: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Note for those pulling in new ZFS feature flags Message-ID: <60a1b6ff504c5295479fc66c81e287a5@dweimer.net> In-Reply-To: <20140407135421.GA16385@behemoth> References: <20140407135421.GA16385@behemoth>
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On 04/07/2014 8:54 am, Chris Nehren wrote: > Not too long ago I upgraded my FreeBSD workstation to 10-STABLE > from 10-RELEASE in order to try newcons. After I upgraded to > 10-STABLE, I saw in `zpool status` that my pools could be > upgraded to a new version of ZFS. I did this, and then needed to > reboot the machine for unrelated reasons. When it came back up, > it refused to boot because gptzfsboot couldn't import the pools. > > I solved this by re-running `gpart bootcode` for the afflicted > drives. This was a bit trying, though, as my workstation is the > only FreeBSD machine I have readily available. So, for those > upgrading their zpools, be careful and remember to fix the > bootcode if you're using ZFS for the root filesystem. > > I have also filed a PR to note that situations like these should > be noted in UPDATING, kern/188328. Hopefully this post saves > someone else a few hours. If I am not mistaken, zpool upgrade displays a message on the screen indicating that you should do the gpart bootcode after it completes the upgrade. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/
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