From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 09:06:47 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 78D20DCE for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:06:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BC2621F2 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:06:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s7G96gXo067163 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:06:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s7G96fKf067160; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:06:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:06:41 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Elliot Robinson Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 w/ fresh root-on-ZFS fails to boot In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:06:42 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 09:06:47 -0000 On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, 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. The error suggests a hardware failure, bad blocks on the SSD. If the SSD supports SMART, can it pass a short or extended test? Otherwise, there might be vendor testing software.