Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:56:33 +0200 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org, infrastructure-private@apache.org Subject: Re: zroot won't mount after 9.0-RC2 -> 9.0-RELEASE upgrade Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSyp1GqvZxL9mPtSUC%2Bd3uRVdmqd6Qup-c%2B%2BbcdNaDQZ1LQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BdUSyquwm%2B%2B%2BcjWusfCBwbYO8yN-55xZAjfdAR4sjo3685Vww@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120214044816.GA18161@daniel3.local> <20120215003110.GA32543@daniel3.local> <2F0AA9C8CF16B52E168F9E05@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20120215030934.GA7135@daniel3.local> <CA%2BdUSyquwm%2B%2B%2BcjWusfCBwbYO8yN-55xZAjfdAR4sjo3685Vww@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:15 PM, George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Daniel Shahaf <danielsh@apache.org> wrot= e: >> Daniel Staal wrote on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 21:39:40 -0500: >>> --As of February 15, 2012 2:31:10 AM +0200, Daniel Shahaf is alleged >>> to have said: >>> >>> >One of our amd64 servers runs 9.0-RC2 (releng/9.0@r228325) with a zfs >>> >root. >>> > >>> >It fails to boot the 9.0-RELEASE (releng/9.0@r229305) GENERIC kernel >>> >(self compiled) with a mountfrom error: >>> > >>> > =A0 =A0http://people.apache.org/~danielsh/infra/loki-20120215-mountfr= om.png >>> > =A0 =A0mountfrom> zfs:zroot >>> > =A0 =A0Trying to mount root from zfs:zroot []... >>> > =A0 =A0Mounting from zfs:zroot failed with error 2. >>> > >>> >We've tried to upgrade the zpool format 15->28; the symptoms are >>> >unchanged. =A0(The zroot fs is at version 4.) >>> > >>> >Why does 9.0-RC2 boot while 9.0-RELEASE (as /boot/testkernel) doesn't? >>> >What can do to boot 9.0-RELEASE from our zfs root filesystem? >>> >>> --As for the rest, it is mine. >>> >>> Did you update the bootloader? =A0Depending on when you installed the >>> system, it's possible your upgrading the zpool means the bootloader >>> can't read it. >>> >> >> Immediately after upgrading the zroot zpool I ran >> >> =A0 =A0gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ${devices} >> >> as instructed in /usr/src/UPDATING. =A0I did not pass -b. >> >>> Daniel T. Staal > > Hi could you try passing the -b switch like this: > > gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ${devices} > On a second look I doubt that this has anything to do with an outdated bootcode. Was this a new 9.0-RC2 install? Also, how many devices are in the pool that you are trying to boot from? --=20 George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net
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