From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 20:33:29 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78911719 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com (mail-wi0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1495E14BB for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:33:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id d1so65220wiv.9 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:33:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=FhdhdQAZoAWRMqTLbbtGlMy4QUaWUVO2fwcOHL3JlwY=; b=c40ISEcA/ZDCaPbue04pQLKHFqIJIIDJrtljViIkl997xgnerMVKK1as0QN0mMbj2d DDGslANyVE8NQCm9cSpcOfpqfIkSgr4UGuY824uAfy4Eh2rOot1w5gRrZdidOeQ9GA2z k7WoXX9L6vMlZpBUyz/wE4G+pDxnDawvacfBjcl4L7LGTiv+MZlaJkMGTbhVCFIt0PCb 00gvYbuzZWHoJj+CeGYOhppHxulwx1viiftzo3ImjgpvBAXsz1i8nGHtEzKXAT/2RqGT fbDdwkvYwYsyZfMeFKxFbWtFVxbEaetOLDy+Tq2nBErg6/AHOOrx1P+wwcHvImYEvgCt Vitg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.181.5.6 with SMTP id ci6mr3240686wid.39.1398285207462; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:33:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.235.68 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:33:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:33:27 +0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Booting from ZFS root on MBR layout fails on ThinkPad X61s From: Andrey Fesenko To: "Sevan / Venture37" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:33:29 -0000 On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Sevan / Venture37 wrote: > Hi, > I decided to wipe away the disk in my X61s & start afresh with a new > install of FreeBSD-Current at the same time switching to root on ZFS > (previously /boot was on UFS). > I've been unsuccessful in being able get the system to boot, after > trying various combinations of > https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition I switched back to > using the install menu option & just switching from GPT to MBR > (everything else as default). > Once install completes & the system reboots, the system hangs at a prompt. > > I was pointed to a post regarding modifying partition ID's by Allan > Jude as there seems to have been an issue with ThinkPads & FreeBSD in > the past. This also didn't work & caused the system to reset. > > What should be my next step for trying to debug this issue? > > > Sevan / Venture37 It seems there are some problems with compatibility :( I'm have X220 my config # camcontrol devlist at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (ada0,pass0) at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ada1,pass1) % gpart show => 63 468862065 ada0 MBR (224G) 63 234441585 1 freebsd (112G) 234441648 234420480 2 freebsd (112G) => 0 234441585 ada0s1 BSD (112G) 0 234441585 1 freebsd-zfs (112G) => 63 234441585 ada1 MBR (112G) 63 234441585 1 freebsd [active] (112G) => 0 234441585 ada1s1 BSD (112G) 0 234441585 1 freebsd-zfs (112G) system ZFS mirror x220pool (ada0s1a ada1s1a) boot only ada1 (msata) disk. Boot with GPT not work, black screen and reboot without any menu. When I used HDD as ada1 boot with him work MBR method Might be worth trying to boot from UEFI but it's still an experimental method https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI