Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-17 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Jason Garrett wrote: snip everything that don't matter 8. Install ZFS boot: # gpart bootcode -b /zroot/boot/pmbr ad0 # gpart bootcode -p /zroot/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0 9. Change mount points for zroot pool and reboot. IT WORKS!!! Step 8 was CRUCIAL to the setup. All

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-17 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: Jason Garrett wrote: Top Post, I know... but has anyone on @current tried a full on ZFS on ROOT with GPTZFSBOOT? Both Drew and I have both tried the guide at http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ (dead link now :( ) I get as far as the

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-17 Thread Jason Garrett
I will post my exact steps around 1800 CDT, and probably put it up on my webserve later on. Do only @freebsd.org members have access to the FreeBSD wiki? I'm posting from my bb at work so sorry if this top posts or messes anything else up. On 7/17/09, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-17 Thread Scot Hetzel
2009/7/17 Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net: 4. Install FreeBSD from copy of install CD to ZFS. I used sysinstall with custom options (Install Root and Media Type) I am stuck at this point.  I have my zpool mounted at /zpool in the FixIt environment.  Then I exit FixIt and choose  

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-17 Thread Jason Garrett
Currently ther are a few errors that prevent the trhing from booting in that guide. I will be happy to share them as soon as I get home. (I used your guide for the most part.) About an hour and a half and ill be ready to post. On 7/17/09, Scot Hetzel swhet...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/17 Drew

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-17 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Scot Hetzel wrote: 2009/7/17 Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net: 4. Install FreeBSD from copy of install CD to ZFS. I used sysinstall with custom options (Install Root and Media Type) I am stuck at this point. I have my zpool mounted at /zpool in the FixIt environment. Then I

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-16 Thread Andrey V. Elsukov
Jason Garrett wrote: Top Post, I know... but has anyone on @current tried a full on ZFS on ROOT with GPTZFSBOOT? Both Drew and I have both tried the guide at http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ (dead link now :( ) I get as far as the message I detailed before

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-16 Thread Robert Noland
On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 19:33 -0500, Jason Garrett wrote: Top Post, I know... but has anyone on @current tried a full on ZFS on ROOT with GPTZFSBOOT? Both Drew and I have both tried the guide at http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ (dead link now :( ) I get

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-16 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Jason Garrett wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 18:09, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net mailto:d...@mykitchentable.net wrote: Jason Garrett wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net mailto:d...@mykitchentable.net

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-16 Thread Jason Garrett
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:01, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.netwrote: Jason Garrett wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 18:09, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.netmailto: d...@mykitchentable.net wrote: Jason Garrett wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-16 Thread Jason Garrett
snip everything that don't matter 8. Install ZFS boot: # gpart bootcode -b /zroot/boot/pmbr ad0 # gpart bootcode -p /zroot/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0 9. Change mount points for zroot pool and reboot. IT WORKS!!! Step 8 was CRUCIAL to the setup. All along, following the guides, I was doing

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-16 Thread Brian Seklecki
On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 17:01 -0500, Jason Garrett wrote: LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES, as It wouldn't even boot the kernel before I did JG: Why don't we setup a public autobuild farm (amd64 only) and build with that flag set? The other option is to modify a LiveCD framework with it. ~BAS This

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-15 Thread Jason Garrett
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 18:09, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.netwrote: Jason Garrett wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.netmailto: d...@mykitchentable.net wrote: Jason Garrett wrote: snip I see you tried the zpool import

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-15 Thread Jason Garrett
Top Post, I know... but has anyone on @current tried a full on ZFS on ROOT with GPTZFSBOOT? Both Drew and I have both tried the guide at http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ (dead link now :( ) I get as far as the message I detailed before using parts from another

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-13 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Jason Garrett wrote: snip I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform `mkdir /boot/zfs` directly before `zpool export tank zpool import tank` ? I just have to ask because I did not see that specified, and you mention not being able to find zpool.cache. /boot/zfs is

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-13 Thread Jason Garrett
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.netwrote: Jason Garrett wrote: snip I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform `mkdir /boot/zfs` directly before `zpool export tank zpool import tank` ? I just have to ask because I did not see that

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-13 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Jason Garrett wrote: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net mailto:d...@mykitchentable.net wrote: Jason Garrett wrote: snip I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform `mkdir /boot/zfs` directly before `zpool

Re: Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-12 Thread Jason Garrett
snip I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform `mkdir /boot/zfs` directly before `zpool export tank zpool import tank` ? I just have to ask because I did not see that specified, and you mention not being able to find zpool.cache. /boot/zfs is where zpool.cache hides out.

Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2

2009-07-10 Thread Drew Tomlinson
I'm following guides at: http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook http://menelkir.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/howto-install-freebsd-under-zfs-including-root-part-2/ If I understand correctly, only the first link is about setting up