From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 06:49:55 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 68E30DCB for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x230.google.com (mail-wi0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::230]) (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 00F51250E for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:49:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f176.google.com with SMTP id bs8so1630487wib.15 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:49:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=o6t5Vf1nBwXcjDEiKXpIdPOSMDZFdp5JmVTyuY9bu4I=; b=Fvzc+0GKEKnu5S1+Mb3gHEf3JMa6Jcm3rPQNSgkbdGahKpnAZ9U9CnC5+XvDDNOJOr xelfhv6Q+FzHd44/3fccLk3kBvoSHQUwqScw8UKUHD5pXwJb4MeME39y3gCxxYnrpWY/ VNphOXTKAjb6mszihNS/d/glWf1IOsVW2k9zvkZ4njoR/r39wSoH1WITFbPZJZdIYixX VY8u5tJqmmKKOla5Vg+clXzw0cxEs4FruEzcaRbI4ygag7sm8idqWny+ckwH60Yp3rD3 GXrMXXV+SGxGb8C3orKEDj63QrM0xYyfEovVzn4lvp9sed4F3BW05kQBjkMakrak4poN L+VA== X-Received: by 10.180.92.38 with SMTP id cj6mr26515675wib.64.1408171792433; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:49:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (host86-139-236-106.range86-139.btcentralplus.com. [86.139.236.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gl4sm14091928wib.19.2014.08.15.23.49.51 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53EEFF0E.4060504@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 07:49:50 +0100 From: Jamie Griffin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 w/ fresh root-on-ZFS fails to boot References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 06:49:55 -0000 On 16/08/2014 04:28, Elliot Robinson wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" There are some good guides out there. I installed my FreeBSD 10, with zfs, using the installer and that was a year ago (I think) and still using it.