Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:07:11 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Lucas Yamanishi <lyamanishi@sesda2.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS rootfs on G5 970MP Message-ID: <277C1706-D1AE-4FC2-9486-AD361454398C@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4F513C2E.30200@sesda2.com> References: <4F50F579.3000507@sesda2.com> <E4EACD79-0C41-4D15-80F2-4C74965410CC@freebsd.org> <4F513C2E.30200@sesda2.com>
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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 >> >
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