Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:54:23 +0000 From: Dr Josef Karthauser <joe@karthauser.co.uk> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Steven Hartland <steven@multiplay.co.uk> Subject: Re: Creating a bootable ZFS disk? Message-ID: ABDBA39F-0B1D-4AC2-8C2A-DC2A0FE05332.goodhumans@emailganizer.goodhumans.com In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412281242160.86113@wonkity.com> References: <1548B1FF-36E2-4AE4-ADD4-3B8872A9DF55@tao.org.uk>, <549EC712.3010909@multiplay.co.uk>, <549EC87C.2010909@multiplay.co.uk>, <BBE0034F-B8F7-4E04-883C-8B4DE409D7E8@tao.org.uk>, <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412271553170.60737@wonkity.com>, <D0A7BDB3-0808-481C-B454-C45BDA529D17@tao.org.uk>, <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412281242160.86113@wonkity.com>
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On 28 Dec 2014 at 7:44:29 pm GMT, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
>
> > On 27 Dec 2014, at 22:57, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
> >>
> >>> I only have 'zfs_load=?YES?? in my /boot/loader.conf. I?m hoping the problem is that I missed the ?-a4k? on the ?gpart add?. I?m starting again and will report back whether it now works or not! :).
> >>
> >> Misalignment just makes for slow performance, particularly on writes.
> >>
> >
> > Ok, fixed. With -a4k is it now booting. Looks like the partitions weren?t aligned!
>
> Alignment alone should not have fixed it. While misaligned drives give poor performance, they should still work.
Alas, they weren't. I tried several times with differing pool configurations.
Joe
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