From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 19 15:52:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 312C6DE2 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:52:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johan@bridgenet.se) Received: from smtp-gw11.han.skanova.net (smtp-gw11.han.skanova.net [81.236.55.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0FD02130 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:52:05 +0000 (UTC) Received-SPF: pass (smtp-gw11.han.skanova.net: domain bridgenet.se designates 212.181.212.146 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; receiver=smtp-gw11.han.skanova.net; client_ip=212.181.212.146; envelope-from=johan@bridgenet.se; helo=mail.bridgenet.se; Received: from mail.bridgenet.se (212.181.212.146) by smtp-gw11.han.skanova.net (8.5.133) id 525514D7004E8539 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:52:04 +0200 Received: from mail.bridgenet.se (unknown [10.0.0.5]) by mail.bridgenet.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C0217FF0 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:52:04 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=bridgenet.se; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:in-reply-to :references:subject:subject:to:mime-version:user-agent:from:from :date:date:message-id; s=dkim; t=1382197921; x=1383061922; bh=SW GtfUZEELBseAw9DqkTwCTr299P2UJotRV0TQJN4qQ=; b=xeHIVqT7Fv0jt70Qb1 r62ZIQr5QcJ8VWY9tvK97TMZjoFNWdHmPHTl5wxPp1ECtDLBoqLjZ3nZALS8o7XR ywj9LsKRGac3Y5yR4bbYIjX5hnLXcgGKw5EFc/HXF89mxNY5QA3jEal3U+O18UrO PxoROxzRrglRKebk65Q7YIZ2A= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.bridgenet.se Received: from mail.bridgenet.se ([10.0.0.5]) by mail.bridgenet.se (mail.bridgenet.se [10.0.0.5]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c70d90pKs4aJ for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:52:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dhcp-208-143.arn.redhat.com (unknown [192.168.0.129]) by mail.bridgenet.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B3F8517FE5 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:52:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <5262AA9C.7030504@bridgenet.se> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:51:56 +0200 From: Johan Broman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Patch to bsdinstall to support root-on-ZFS and GELI References: <52629DA7.7090103@bridgenet.se> <5262A3EE.4050600@allanjude.com> <5262A5D0.3050604@bridgenet.se> <5262A69D.5070601@allanjude.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC7E9DE@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC7E9DE@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:52:06 -0000 On 19/10/13 17:43, Teske, Devin wrote: > > On Oct 19, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Allan Jude wrote: > >> On 2013-10-19 11:31, Johan Broman wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 19/10/13 17:23, Allan Jude wrote: >>>> On 2013-10-19 10:56, Johan Broman wrote: >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> Just tested the root-on-ZFS install option using FreeBSD 10 beta 1. I >>>>> have 4 SATA drives in my server. I select all four of them in a RAIDZ1 >>>>> setup. I hit enter to continue the installation and the zpool is >>>>> created, but I'm then returned to the zpool selection screen again. It >>>>> turned out that two of the drives had previously been used in a >>>>> (Linux) software mirror setup and because of this they got activated >>>>> in /dev/raid/r0. Because of this I ended up in an endless bsdinstall >>>>> loop. >>>>> >>>>> Removing the raid device using the graid command resolved the >>>>> situation. >>>>> >>>>> Now maybe this is working as designed, but there was no warning/alert >>>>> to the fact that the devices couldn't be used. Perhaps a warning >>>>> should be rasied in this situation? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for all the great work on the new installer, really looking >>>>> forward to FreeBSD 10! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Johan >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> Errors like that normally generate a msgbox dialog with the error output >>>> from whichever command failed. I'll have to dig into it and see where >>>> that problem is. I've seen other people have problems creating ZFS >>>> arrays after graid, but in that case it was an incomplete graid label >>>> causing a device to be locked but not appear in the graid status output. >>>> >>> >>> Ah ok. A msgbox did appear but the drives that had the problem (ada2 >>> and ada3) wasn't visible in the output. (not sure if the box itself >>> has a size limit or maybe I was just unable to scroll down and see the >>> errors?). The only visible output was that it was able to create >>> labels on ada0 and ada1. >>> >>> /Johan >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> Ahh yes, you have to press 'page-down' to scroll the msgbox. I tried to >> add a scrollbar but turns out that is not possible. >> >> The only indication that there is more message to read, is a small 'xx%' >> in the bottom right. We might have to look at breaking that output up or >> something. >> > > > The only reason for a msgbox widget to scroll is if it is displayed at > maximum height or width of the screen and it *still* has more data > to display than can be presented at-once. > > If... however... the msgbox widget is *not* full-height or full-width > yet... it is requiring you to scroll -- then we've found a bug. > > Can we get a screen shot? > Hmmm. Can't believe I didn't do a PgDn. Then again....it was pretty late last night when I tested it...tired brain. :) I'll recreate the mirror and see if I can provide a screen shot! /Johan