Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:41:42 +0200 From: Lorenzo Perone <lopez.on.the.lists@yellowspace.net> To: Mickael MAILLOT <mickael.maillot@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS booting without partitions (was: ZFS boot on zfs mirror) Message-ID: <63548432-B73D-4A08-BA99-FEF5BCC1028A@yellowspace.net> In-Reply-To: <ea7b7b810905281246l26e798a1h65100635c1b2cb5b@mail.gmail.com> References: <29579856-69F7-4CDC-A52A-B414A40180ED@yellowspace.net> <4A1B0B4F.1020106@h3q.com> <ea7b7b810905260226g29e8cbf5ic75a59b979f6cd42@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905261353140.8940@woozle.rinet.ru> <18972.5870.795005.186542@already.dhcp.gene.com> <4A1C18CC.7080902@icyb.net.ua> <18972.7173.216763.407615@already.dhcp.gene.com> <A1B19FAF-B574-484F-9434-17F5AF754B88@yellowspace.net> <ea7b7b810905281246l26e798a1h65100635c1b2cb5b@mail.gmail.com>
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On 28.05.2009, at 21:46, Mickael MAILLOT wrote: > hi, > > did you erase gmirror meta ? (on the last sector) > with: gmirror clear ad6 ohps I had forgotten that. just did it (in single user mode), but it didn't help :( Shall I repeat any of the other steps after clearing gmirror meta? thanx a lot for your help... Lorenzo > 2009/5/28 Lorenzo Perone <lopez.on.the.lists@yellowspace.net>: >> Hi, >> >> I tried hard... but without success ;( >> >> the result is, when choosing the disk with the zfs boot >> sectors in it (in my case F5, which goes to ad6), the kernel >> is not found. the console shows: >> >> forth not found >> definitions not found >> only not found >> (the above repeated several times) >> >> can't load 'kernel' >> >> and I get thrown to the loader prompt. >> lsdev does not show any ZFS devices. >> >> Strange thing: if I boot from the other disk, F1, which is my >> ad4 containing the normal ufs system I used to make up the other >> one, and escape to the loader prompt, lsdev actually sees the >> zpool which is on the other disk, and shows: >> zfs0: tank >> >> I tried booting with boot zfs:tank or zfs:tank:/boot/kernel/kernel, >> but there I get the panic: free: guard1 fail message. >> (would boot zfs:tank:/boot/kernel/kernel be correct, anyways?) >> >> Sure I'm doing something wrong, but what...? Is it a problem that >> the pool is made out of the second disk only (ad6)? >> >> Here are my details (note: latest stable and biosdisk.c merged >> with changes shown in r185095. no problems in buildworld/kernel): >> (....)
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