Hi,

I want to update my boot loader based on upgrading to FreeBSD 8.1.  I 
originally installed FreeBSD 8.0 using the "zfsinstall" utility available at 
http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ and so my "tank" zpool is currently using version 13, 
whereas my other non-boot zpool is using version 14.  After upgrading (via make 
buildworld buildkernel installkernel installworld) to FreeBSD 8.1, running 
"zpool status" tells me:

The pool is formatted using an older on-disk format. The pool can still be 
used, but some features are unavailable. Upgrade the pool using 'zpool 
upgrade'.  Once this is done, the pool will no longer be accessible on older 
software versions.

I vaguely remember reading that the zfsboot and/or zfsloader need to be updated 
properly before you upgrade your root zfs pool or the loader won't be able to 
boot from that partition.

So, my question is: how do I update the zfsboot and/or zfsloader to the new 
version?  I've read that bsdlabel can install new boot code, but I'm not sure 
which one of those files (or both) need to be used.  My best guess is that I 
need to run:

bsdlabel -B -b /boot/zfsboot

Is that correct?  Is there anything else I should do?  What's the proper way to 
"roll back" in the event that the system becomes unbootable?

Tim Gustafson
Baskin School of Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
t...@soe.ucsc.edu
831-459-5354

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