Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 14:00:31 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 13.0 RC1 UEFI RAID-10 boot problems under VMware Fusio Message-ID: <CANCZdfoEzK-JDvrKi0YV4h23RSagp1DHGX=wwkoj0EO6BYm1_w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58352200-C53A-4B8F-9498-316FC852BD95@verweg.com>
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On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:56 AM Ruben van Staveren via freebsd-stable < freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi List, > > With FreeBSD 13 getting near release I was trying out a new hardware setup > for a future upgrade, in where a zfs SATA RAID-10 array would be accelated > by some NVME devices for cache, log, and special meta data. > > However, booting the setup under VMWare fusion gives me a lot of zio_read > error: 5 / ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable whereas in > VirtualBox using the same VMDKs the setup boots without issue, both in UEFI > mode > > I used the guided ZFS install, GPT UEFI only, and choose RAID-10 and zero > swap as I want to use the NVME devices for that later on. > > when on the loader prompt lsdev / lszfs / ls works through latter two > throw out zio_read error: 5 but show recognisable output (zfs filesystems, > files) > > > disk0 through 4 are the SATA disks with only an EFI and ZFS GPT partition > each, disk4/5 is reserved for the special vdevs (but not in use yet) and > swap > > If I press escape and end up in VMWare’s UEFI setup screen I can boot from > any ada*p1 drive and continue as normal. > Is UEFI with OpenZFS too new, or is this an issue in VMWare? > > > > Also, I’m missing /boot/*efifat* in FreeBSD13. What is the procedure for > updating EFI loaders? > They have been removed because they are no longer needed (filesystem images for boot blocks trouble me too). mount -t msdos /dev/da0pX /mnt mv /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64-old.efi cp /boot/loader.efi /mnt/efi/boot/bootx64.efi The ESP on UEFI systems is just a FAT filesystem. One issue you may run into is the size of the partition. If it is tiny, you'll likely have to create a new ESP. Using /boot/boot1.efi may help and can be used in the last step instead of loader.efi, but it's much less flexible than loader.efi. Warnerhome | help
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