Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 15:59:53 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot from ZFS: which pool types use? Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSeo403Jes7nKMvLVsbo1NrSj1-xu1LKSjG6DtvmaX3NXQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041640270.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041424030.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D56066.1020902@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041552031.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041559160.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D56C19.8080103@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041640270.2446@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Jul 2013, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> >>>> Can't find /boot/zfsloader >> >>> >> >>> Does this file exist in the filesystem pointed to by bootfs property (if set)? >> >> >> >> Arghh!!! I missed to set this one (however, this is the only zfs pool on the >> >> machine -- shouldn't the loader assume it is safe to try to boot off?) >> > >> > For the record: setting up zpool bootfs property fixes the issue. >> > >> > I suppose it should be emphasized in all guides to not miss this, to avoid >> > confusions; also, maybr some reasonable defaults should be implemented to help >> > avoiding simple configuration errors. >> > >> > Thanks Andriy a lot, I really needed a 'reset press' from outside after >> > kinda-3-days dances around this machine ;-) >> >> Setting bootfs should not be required. If your root filesystem is your root >> dataset (like "tank"), then everything should have just worked. > > it was/is (and, as I previously stated, is the only ZFS dataset on the > machine), but unfortunately without explicit setting bootfs property does not > work :( > > As this machine is still on staging phase (although I'm afraid I have to put it > in production during next few days, so timing are tight), I'm more than happy > to make debugging boots/runs to tighten the issue. > > Thanks again! > > -- With a recent 9-STABLE setting the bootfs property is actually the only thing you need in addition to installing the boot loader, no need to muck with the zpool.cache anymore. -Kimmo
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