Re: Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 19:27 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: 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 FreeBSD/i386 ZFS enabled bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu, Sun Mar 21 04:11:17 UTC 2010) \ can't load 'kernel' Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. OK load zfs can't find 'zfs' OK load opensolaris can't find 'opensolaris' OK _ I says that it is a ZFS enabled bootstrap loader, but it does not appear that the root filesystem is loaded. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3
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. 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? Thanks, Dan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3
On 6/28/10 7:27 PM, Glen Barber wrote: 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'. I quoted the wrong sentence - you don't need _this_ step. 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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
