Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 21:37:25 +0000 From: void <void@f-m.fm> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Cc: sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with zfs raidz3 install on an 8-disk system, can't find loader Message-ID: <ZyqQFeaCW8ytgO2r@int21h> In-Reply-To: <ZyptTGFxm3Dpx8m7@int21h> References: <ZyptTGFxm3Dpx8m7@int21h>
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On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 07:09:00PM +0000, void wrote: >Hi, > >the context here is * installing from usb2 stick >* tried with FreeBSD-14.2-PRERELEASE-amd64-20241024-5ae76ff5138e-269296-memstick.img >* also FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-amd64-20241031-5212b9500116-273335-memstick.img > >hardware is ProLiant DL380e Gen8 with 8* 4Tb seagate constellation >attached to Smart Array P440 Controller in HBA (JBOD) mode. > >upon reboot: >### >Attempting Boot From Hard Drive (C:) BIOS drive C: is disk0 >zio_read error: 5 zio_read error: 5 >zio_read error: 5 ZFS: i/o error - all block >copies unavailable >ZFS: failed to read pool zroot directory object >Can't find /boot/zfsloader >Can't find /boot/loader >Can't find /boot/kernel/kernel >FreeBSD/x86 boot >Default: /boot/kernel/kernel >boot: >Can't find /boot/kernel/kernel >FreeBSD/x86 boot >Default: /boot/kernel/kernel >boot: > >### > >This is after the zfs install process runs without error. >To be safe, I made sure that before running the install, i went into >the shell prompt of the installer and ran gpart destroy -F da0 (repeated for da1-7) >to make sure they were just raw disks presented. The installer when >started saw all the disks and allows the creation of raidz3 with all >of them. but upon removing the usb key and cold-reset, the loader >can't be found. > >If it's booted to the (usb stick) installer again, then going into shell prompt, >then running 'zpool import zroot' then 'zfs mount -a', the newly-created >filesystem is seen. > >But it won't boot without the usb key. > >In an atempt to get round the problem, after zfs load, I made with zfs create: > >zfs create zroot/boot > >and copied all the stuff in /boot on the installer into zroot/boot >(mounted at that time as /zroot/boot) and tried to boot that to no >avail. > >Is there a way round this? >-- > Seems the way round this is to firstly install using ufs rather than zfs, which results in a bootable system. Planning to make the other disks zfs. So, no root-on-zfs at this time. --
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