Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:27:30 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Dan D Niles <dan@more.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3 Message-ID: <4C292FE2.3060605@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1277759639.28118.23.camel@jane.spg.more.net> References: <1277759639.28118.23.camel@jane.spg.more.net>
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On 6/28/10 5:13 PM, Dan D Niles wrote: > > The release notes for FreeBSD 7.3 said that it could boot to zfs. I did > not see any options for doing that via the normal install. I followed > the instructions here: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot > > When I reboot, I get: > > can't load 'kernel' > > I wiped the disk and tried again to verify I didn't miss a step. Same > result. > > I saw a suggestion that zfs.cache needed to be copied. I did that > during the setup, but I tried doing it again from Fixit. Same result. You don't need this step for 7.3. > The other suggestion I saw was to do section 2 step 7 "again." That > shouldn't be necessary for 7.3, but I tried it anyway. Still seeing > "can't load 'kernel'." > > Any suggestions for getting FreeBSD 7.3 to boot to ZFS? > Can you try the following at the loader prompt, where you see the FreeBSD boot options? load zfs load opensolaris # should not be necessary, but just to be safe boot Regards, -- Glen Barber
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