From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 03:28:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E1F494B for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:28:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x236.google.com (mail-lb0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC1452213 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:28:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id z11so2552272lbi.13 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:28:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=dNq97evf37rYKJYsx/yens3bFPio2xHrmfFb1LXbpK8=; b=DO392b1QfIrE8e7ESgKdE9/tAoJ4uJcUI4DuyOCiKFosai4ReS+CmzsM05xgGism95 rMQhOyshyq1A93DwJqsK11Jbv3cqq1bwyswXEaeDY5Gz2sJ8luw7h7oYnZGiSXjqbiyF dSYbYHMySSFR2u88MwdLeLdX2Dwr4XvyXIG+ejVPX1MPbQSKXefg9W4jUhzLCXx2jYJs fWT0O1j0qaX045OHMEtxUXavse0Db2ymIvCMLM6c7qijn4EO1sgPGQ7RKNXBw+wFBgrU 7Akbz2Ud/EU69gXMmvYdTBtqqU1904kaLj13sRoYatvFgpxoZU0ZZqXzE7EW2E30ZFmm pkPA== X-Received: by 10.152.9.100 with SMTP id y4mr15598876laa.26.1408159728468; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:28:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: argiopeweb@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.169.102 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:28:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Elliot Robinson Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:28:28 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: u-cd4iuqgafAjnX0GPn3YSjtGYo Message-ID: Subject: FreeBSD 10 w/ fresh root-on-ZFS fails to boot To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:28:51 -0000 Good evening all, I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 10 from the memstick image. Installing with guided partitioning works and boots with no modifications, but I'd prefer to run ZFS. I've spent the last 6 hours pursuing that goal to no avail. Any assistance the group could offer would be greatly appreciated. So far I have attempted to install with root-on-ZFS with GPT and MBR, swap on and off, and 4k alignment on and off. I've also done some half-hearted playing with the loader.conf & etc after the install, but, since all the references I can find are focused on FreeBSD 9, I've come to the conclusion that the root-on-ZFS utility knows better than I what needs to be done. The only variable change which seems to have an effect is the GPT/MBR change. GPT gives: gptzfsboot: error 1 lba 1 gptzfsboot: error 1 lba 49 gptzfsboot: No ZFS pools located, can't boot after POST. MBR POSTs, then freezes with no output. As best I can tell with gpart, the partition table is effectively equivalent between guided and root-on-ZFS w/ GPT installs (with the obvious exception of the filesystem on ada0p2). Hardware platform is a 2009-era Dell Studio XPS with a Core2 Duo and 8GB RAM. Installation media is a 40GB OCZ Vertex II SSD. Best regards, --- Elliot Robinson PGP Key: 9FEDE59A