Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 18:29:06 +0300 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS install from -CURRENT snapshot Message-ID: <BANLkTinkHSB2%2Be7tZpjPKJSwhHQcQGFvqA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1D3AFD591C1E756AFAE43572@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <C3447024DA2BEB7DA3063584@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110529040800.GA44286@sysmon.tcworks.net> <4DE1EDD8.5050003@FreeBSD.org> <BANLkTim7U0d_oJB9P41OTgjPH5-gi7OxbA@mail.gmail.com> <3E1EB5E79BD1A6B775EB8387@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <EFBFDB477257923A044CD905@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <BANLkTimnu2r31Uo9aUHkS9esqEr1Rk61kQ@mail.gmail.com> <1D3AFD591C1E756AFAE43572@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
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I suppose that you didn't forget to add a boot code to your boot disk(s) ?
gpart bootcode -b boot/pmbr -p boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote:
> --As of May 30, 2011 6:11:19 PM +0300, George Kontostanos is alleged to
> have said:
>
> Could you please explain where did you actually got stacked ?
>>
>> Have you installed the OS by :
>>
>> for file in base.txz lib32.txz kernel.txz doc.txz ports.txz src.txz;
>> do (cat $file | tar --unlink -xpJf - -C ${DESTDIR:-/}); done
>>
>> Did you copy zpool.cache ?
>>
>
> --As for the rest, it is mine.
>
> Did both of those. A half-dozen times. ;)
>
> The machine fails to find a bootable drive. It searches, tries PXE booting
> a couple of times, then dumps me into the BIOS's boot drive chooser. I can
> try selecting either of the internal drives at that point if I wish, and it
> will just loop back to there.
>
>
> Daniel T. Staal
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