Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:41:04 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: Lucas Yamanishi <lyamanishi@sesda2.com>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS rootfs on G5 970MP Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOt0nEpGvp=V%2Brtspx4%2Bdffg1K0xuY%2BJSOitmVAEyGxHqA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <277C1706-D1AE-4FC2-9486-AD361454398C@freebsd.org> References: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com> <E4EACD79-0C41-4D15-80F2-4C74965410CC@freebsd.org> <4F513C2E.30200@sesda2.com> <277C1706-D1AE-4FC2-9486-AD361454398C@freebsd.org>
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Situations permitting, I may be able to setup a ppc64 machine through qemu for such. Probably will be asking Aurelian about the command line boot sequence. Are there any performance issues I need to know? You did ask for help. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > It's some very low-level bug in the boot loader -> kernel init transition, > so kdb and such are unlikely to be helpful. > -Nathan > > > On Mar 2, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Lucas Yamanishi wrote: > > I have to bring up another machine next week. I was going to just dd >> the disk, but I'll try again if it'll be any help. >> >> Are there any kdb commands I should run when I get there? >> >> >> ##############################**############################ >> ## *question everything*learn something*answer nothing* ## >> ##############################**############################ >> ## Lucas Yamanishi ## >> ## Systems Administrator, ADNET Systems, Inc. ## >> ## 7515 Mission Drive, Suite A100 ## >> ## Lanham, MD 20706 ## >> ## 301-352-4646 ## >> ##############################**############################ >> >> On 03/02/2012 04:13 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mar 2, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Lucas Yamanishi wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible? >>>> >>>> I tried using 9.0-RELEASE. I followed the UFSBoot guide from the wiki >>>> using a UFS /bootdir slice. Everything was done to the T. zfs and >>>> opensolaris modules were specified in loader.conf. Unfortunately when I >>>> rebooted I got this error: >>>> >>>> <pre> >>>> Trying to mount root from zfs:zroot []... >>>> Mounting from zfs:zroot failed with error 2: unknown file system. >>>> >>>> Loader variables: >>>> vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:zroot >>>> </pre> >>>> >>>> At this point I've settled for a UFS root with ZFS /var, /tmp, and /usr >>>> sub-hierarchies. Sorry, that means no logs, no kbd. >>>> >>> >>> It looks like there's a bug in the ppc64 loader(8) that prevents module >>> preload from working properly. I'll see if I can track it down, but am >>> very short on time at the moment (help appreciated). >>> -Nathan >>> >>> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@**freebsd.org<freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org> > " >
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