From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 03:59:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5EBB106567A for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:59:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lidl@hydra.pix.net) Received: from hydra.pix.net (hydra.pix.net [IPv6:2001:470:e254::3c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 940CD8FC0C for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hydra.pix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hydra.pix.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q6C3xiQv028730; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:59:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lidl@hydra.pix.net) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.4 at mail.pix.net Received: (from lidl@localhost) by hydra.pix.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q6C3xige028729; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:59:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lidl) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:59:44 -0400 From: Kurt Lidl To: Chris Ross Message-ID: <20120712035944.GA28500@pix.net> References: <20120708025435.GA12487@pix.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs booting feedback X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:59:45 -0000 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:31:35PM -0400, Chris Ross wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2012, at 22:54 , Kurt Lidl wrote: > > I built a full 9.0-stable distribution on Friday night, and got to play > > with installing it on a spare Netra T1-105 today. Mostly I was > > interested in testing out the integrated ZFS boot support that > > was commited recently. > > > > First of all -- it works! Thanks very much to all who made it possible! > > On this front, I'm trying to find a FreeBSD sparc64 stable build to install > on a v240 I have for testing. I've not found it easily by googling, so if > someone on the list could point me to sparc64 nightly's of the 9.0-STABLE > branch, or if you. Kurt, could make the ISO you built and have working > available, I'd very much appreciate it. > > I'm looking forward to experimenting with FreeBSD sparc64, and zfs. > I'm a zfs newbie. :-) I put the iso I built, along with a checksum file for it, and the script that I used for installing all the bit here: http://www.pix.net/ftp/pub/freebsd/ You might want to fiddle with the size of the ZFS partition that the script creates. I have Sun "18GB" drives, so I just told it use 12GB as ZFS, and the rest as swap. -Kurt