Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:15:13 +0100 From: Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new ZFS install (was: Re: fixing a busted ZFS upgrade) Message-ID: <201104061815.p36IFDUd024758@higson.cam.lispworks.com> In-Reply-To: <4D9B6713.4050107@networktest.com> (message from David Newman on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:01:39 -0700) References: <4C51ECAA.2070707@networktest.com> <4C51FE41.8030906@FreeBSD.org> <4D941BFF.6050807@networktest.com> <AANLkTikt%2BG_1Mbm5G3qbdQvkr-rho7LR0sTSM9nJOSEA@mail.gmail.com> <4D973400.9060404@networktest.com> <201104041138.p34BckHS029801@higson.cam.lispworks.com> <4D9B6713.4050107@networktest.com>
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>>>>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:01:39 -0700, David Newman said: > > On 4/4/11 4:38 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:34:40 -0700, David Newman said: > >> > >> I've tried booting from 8.1 and 8.2 mfsBSD ISOs but both hang at > >> loader.conf. > > > > Have you tried the regular FreeBSD installation ISO? That doesn't know about > > ZFS by default, but you can enter Fixit mode with "Use the live filesystem > > CDROM/DVD" and load the modules using > > > > kldload /dist/boot/kernel/opensolaris.ko > > kldload /dist/boot/kernel/zfs.ko > > Thanks, that did the trick, along with repairing the boot records on > each disk. Good -- though it is strange the mfsBSD hung. Does it still hang, now that you have repaired the system? > This server is showing some evidence of flaky hardware, and I'm looking > to move its data onto a new server running FreeBSD 8.2 and ZFS in all > partitions. Maybe that is the cause of mfsBSD hanging too? > I understand the guide I used to build the old server has been > deprecated. What's the recommended setup these days? I don't know -- AFAIK http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 is still accurate. __Martin
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