From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Dec 11 17:23:42 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC0799D8F7D for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benfell@parts-unknown.org) Received: from mail.parts-unknown.org (n4rky-1-pt.tunnel.tserv29.fmt1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:66:119::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4CC81340 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benfell@parts-unknown.org) Received: by mail.parts-unknown.org (Postfix, from userid 80) id 8E57759792CE; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:23:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from 50-250-218-172-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net (50-250-218-172-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [50.250.218.172]) by mail.parts-unknown.org (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:23:41 -0800 Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:23:41 -0800 Message-ID: <20151211092341.Horde.jw8qqC3ozQ0ONfRy8kU3v87@mail.parts-unknown.org> From: David Benfell To: Fabian Keil Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Want to reinstall, preserving existing configuration References: <20151210132202.Horde.L-UfLdFlWeCANimy0-JWSdg@mail.parts-unknown.org> <20151211134143.5604454a@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <20151211134143.5604454a@fabiankeil.de> User-Agent: Horde Application Framework 5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=_4DM4ck9ZB0Ej4PcV1e-QXqR"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:23:42 -0000 This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_4DM4ck9ZB0Ej4PcV1e-QXqR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoting Fabian Keil : > > It's not obvious to me why you blame ZFS for the installworld issue > and it seems unlikely to me that switching to UFS is the only way to > solve it. > If it were obvious what exactly the problem was under ZFS that doesn't=20= =20 appear=20under UFS, then I might have been able to solve it. "It just=20=20 doesn't=20work" (tm), there is a command (which logically must exist)=20=20 needed=20to make the environment right at that step that I couldn't=20=20 find,=20and I'm not trying to solve that one today. But 1) yes, sometimes the received wisdom that something different is=20=20 better=20isn't true; and 2) no, apparently even the new UEFI loader=20=20 still=20doesn't work on that notebook (thanks Asus, for going that extra=20= =20 ten=20miles to make it so weird and non-conforming), so with some=20=20 disgust,=20I'm going to something else on that notebook for now because=20= =20 I'm=20going out of town today and didn't have all week to solve this. --=20 David=20Benfell --=_4DM4ck9ZB0Ej4PcV1e-QXqR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: PGP Digital Signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJWawadAAoJEOoml8Ul4D7W04UP/jNzA10uF8dSQC1yszcngdBZ bjBFDwdgmmjMwC46jrKCAY4X/jjnT8kNU62d4Bc8+2BE5lhmkoZ/T72yCd/entH7 Ep0vi4D5JYH8n9mQQptCXGXWV6vlec/qSbHqVQKzyGLw+wXpfT/y50+FOShqWlMD 2DWwNk3rgEvw4hm1dvuO+pmTAAAgRCZ83f9gkUz2l7EIE701RSKjTLc4SBc7rfdT 1TyLmdmi5DhbSOGvolcuLF7gTCQ77rfRnvpcfjAEa/PZL3ONw/NoRKzZfmiFCFJi +rNROsDfFc7cHUKOnbh1LzbFX/926Lsy1VtX4D9V+YYelYNt73bOH29HP9C2cztv Oy6paYSQSa7rSZ8rDTwLAA22jcsuNT1hEPukoSpYYFwS5kfDYkuhwAPk0yzoMO/9 D6tTNVpsRvuKEaEsxX2cKaGH9pYUxAn0QDxvC4HMb9OM/sGSYdzZTDKyQqOvnovQ 5CN72BPEsJoraVwowvuLUcZgdzwDx8SV/bpy5b7M6EI11AIgkDZBWTSZ4H+6Aynn /Qr5tkhXLgq2zw1D17YqlP9iwdKD493G3L0Z6I9r/ZCpaYHvdgpdTq0rsaKEYGeQ 2y0Iy1W5lMUyrKeDDWV3AAwFM+IsulfeQGvc8AHuW+aPOSv8Bd7P6rBUFXN976ce j4WNLwIom89yh830PpUa =KZhK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_4DM4ck9ZB0Ej4PcV1e-QXqR--