Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 23:59:02 +0400 (MSK) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: boot from ZFS: which pool types use? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307042356130.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <51D5C968.2000803@FreeBSD.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041424030.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D56066.1020902@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041552031.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D577A9.1030304@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307041952030.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D59AAD.3030208@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307042000130.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D5A20F.4070103@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307042208370.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307042216510.2446@woozle.rinet.ru> <51D5C968.2000803@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2013, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> Now, looking at zfsboot.c, couldn't we (for finding /boot/zfsloader suitable > >> for us) loop over, say, top-level datasets in pools we have, in abcense of > >> special property? As for me, this should plug the most annoying mistakes... > > I don't see any reason to do that. For example I have multiple root filesystems > and they are second level from top. And I don't want any code to second-guess me. Yes, it's fair objection, and I had this in mind > > for ufs/fdisk, one could easily drop in the boot process and switch to other > > disk, slice, partitiona and even loader. Not that it's (at least easily) > > achievable with zfsloader... > > Really? > http://ru.kyivbsd.org.ua/arhiv/2012/kyivbsd12-gapon-zfs.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1 Hmm. I do not see (maybe I'm missing something obvious) how can one select at gptzfsboot or similar prompt the pool to load loader (not too much 'load's, heh?) from... -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: marck@FreeBSD.org ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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