Re: Root on zfs (stable9) - how to make it bootable

[uki]

2013/2/22 David Demelier :
> Sorry didn't read that you have a MBR slice instead of GPT
>
> then you should take a look at that one
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition

I have used that one, unfortunately I was unable to boot.
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Re: Root on zfs (stable9) - how to make it bootable

[David Demelier]

Sorry didn't read that you have a MBR slice instead of GPT

then you should take a look at that one
https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition


2013/2/22 David Demelier 

> There are a lot of example in gpart(8) man page. You should use it
>
> I think you should do something like
>
> gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0
> gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0
>
> (The second assume that you have a freebsd-boot as first index in ada0)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> 2013/2/22 uki 
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to install freebsd9 (stable) on zfs root, unfortunately my bios
>> is unable to recognize GPT discs.
>> I'm using MBR disc, with BSD slice (on mbr index 4) containing
>> freebsd-zfs filesystem.
>>
>> I've no idea how to make it bootable, I've tried using:
>>
>>   zpool export sys
>>   dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s4 count=1
>>   dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s4a skip=1 seek=1024
>>   zpool import sys
>>
>>
>> When I select F4 (slice with zfs) whilst booting the computer just turns
>> off.
>> How do I make it boot? Do I need freebsd-boot slice?
>>
>> I have set bootfs property on pool, and added vfs.root.mountfrom to
>> loader.conf.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Łukasz Gruner
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Re: Root on zfs (stable9) - how to make it bootable

[David Demelier]

There are a lot of example in gpart(8) man page. You should use it

I think you should do something like

gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0
gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0

(The second assume that you have a freebsd-boot as first index in ada0)

Cheers,



2013/2/22 uki 

> Hi,
>
> I want to install freebsd9 (stable) on zfs root, unfortunately my bios
> is unable to recognize GPT discs.
> I'm using MBR disc, with BSD slice (on mbr index 4) containing
> freebsd-zfs filesystem.
>
> I've no idea how to make it bootable, I've tried using:
>
>   zpool export sys
>   dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s4 count=1
>   dd if=/boot/zfsboot of=/dev/ada0s4a skip=1 seek=1024
>   zpool import sys
>
>
> When I select F4 (slice with zfs) whilst booting the computer just turns
> off.
> How do I make it boot? Do I need freebsd-boot slice?
>
> I have set bootfs property on pool, and added vfs.root.mountfrom to
> loader.conf.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Łukasz Gruner
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Re: ROOT on ZFS with MBR partitions

[Gautham Ganapathy]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Daniel Staal  wrote:
> --As of February 27, 2011 12:26:04 AM +, Slawomir Wojtczak is alleged to
> have said:
>
>> ... but none of them seems to work, after installation it hangs at boot
>> like that: http://ompldr.org/vN2tscQ
>
> --As for the rest, it is mine.
>
> Hmm.  Interesting.  I'm having the same result when trying the 'root on ZFS,
> boot from UFS' guide here:
> 
>
> Anything interesting happening during your install?  I have an error late in
> the process (During 'Step 3.1') with this command:
> Fixit# mv boot bootdir/
>
> It gives me an error saying that /bin/cp can't found/executed.  (I've been
> trying to work around using `bin/cp -pRP boot bootdir/`.  Note the lack of
> the leading slash.)
>
> I had tried several of the other installs from
>  successfully, but I don't think I'd
> tried the MBR install.
>
> Daniel T. Staal
>


I had the same problem. Today, I tried using the PCBSD dvd to install
FreeBSD on ZFS (with /boot on UFS). It kept giving errors just before
completion. However, some comments I found while googling about that
problem mentioned that the installation seemed to have completed,
which seems to be the case. Both FreeBSD and FreeDOS are now installed
on the same drive (in a VM, I'll try this on real h/w next). Still not
sure what caused the error during installation though.

Regards
Gautham Ganapathy
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Re: ROOT on ZFS with MBR partitions

[Carl Chave]

How long are you waiting?  What are you booting from?

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Slawomir Wojtczak  wrote:

> > Anything interesting happening during your install?
>
> I would say no, everything seems smooth until I try to boot it.
>
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Re: ROOT on ZFS with MBR partitions

[Slawomir Wojtczak]

> Anything interesting happening during your install?

I would say no, everything seems smooth until I try to boot it.

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Re: ROOT on ZFS with MBR partitions

[Daniel Staal]

--As of February 27, 2011 12:26:04 AM +, Slawomir Wojtczak is alleged 
to have said:



... but none of them seems to work, after installation it hangs at boot
like that: http://ompldr.org/vN2tscQ


--As for the rest, it is mine.

Hmm.  Interesting.  I'm having the same result when trying the 'root on 
ZFS, boot from UFS' guide here:



Anything interesting happening during your install?  I have an error late 
in the process (During 'Step 3.1') with this command:

Fixit# mv boot bootdir/

It gives me an error saying that /bin/cp can't found/executed.  (I've been 
trying to work around using `bin/cp -pRP boot bootdir/`.  Note the lack of 
the leading slash.)


I had tried several of the other installs from 
 successfully, but I don't think I'd 
tried the MBR install.


Daniel T. Staal

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Re: Root on ZFS

[Randal L. Schwartz]

> "Matthew" == Matthew Law  writes:

Matthew> I am following this wiki page to move to zfs root:
Matthew> http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot

If you're running RELEASE-8 or later, I've gotten this to work just fine:

  http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot

Currently live on two slices at arpnetworks.com with that.

The trickiest part is that Arp installs an existing system on the disk,
and the instructions there don't tell how to remove it. :(

I can't remember the workaround, but someone in IRC told me.
("gpart destroy" didn't work, because it said "already in use")

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Re: Root on ZFS

[Matthew Law]

On Thu, March 4, 2010 3:44 pm, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>> "Matthew" == Matthew Law  writes:
>
> Matthew> I am following this wiki page to move to zfs root:
> Matthew> http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot
>
> If you're running RELEASE-8 or later, I've gotten this to work just fine:
>
>   http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot

Thanks, guys.

Yes, I am on 8-RELEASE.  I was really looking to create a 3-disk raidz or
raidz2 volume with 1 hot spare.  I happened across this page:

http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ2

and started to follow that.

> Currently live on two slices at arpnetworks.com with that.
>
> The trickiest part is that Arp installs an existing system on the disk,
> and the instructions there don't tell how to remove it. :(
>
> I can't remember the workaround, but someone in IRC told me.
> ("gpart destroy" didn't work, because it said "already in use")

I ran into this and figured out I need to remove each slice first.  But it
did take a little head scratching.

I installed a minimal OS from a USB stick onto a single SATA drive.  After
testing it was installed and running OK, I rebooted and chose the fixit
option from sysinstall and followed the above guide.

I've got to this part:

7. 'Create ZFS Pool zroot'

Fixit# mkdir /boot/zfs
Fixit# zpool create zroot raidz2 /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1 /dev/gpt/disk2
Fixit# zpool set bootfs=zroot zroot

The zpool create command fails because I don't have '/dev/gpt' - I take it
I haven't actually installed with gpt in the first place?  Can I go back
and do that and what's the advantage of gpt?

Finally, I had problems with the SAS card in this box, which is a bog
standard LSI SAS8041E.  I can install OK, but on rebooting it can't find
the root slice, panics and drops me into mountroot.  Where I get stuck.

Any help much appreciated,

Matt.


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Re: Root on ZFS

[Craig Butler]

On 04/03/2010 11:53, Matthew Law wrote:

I am following this wiki page to move to zfs root:

http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot

I got to this section:

"Create bootdir directory where the boot file system will be mounted:

# mkdir /tank/bootdir
# ln -s bootdir/boot /tank/boot"

I am confused about the symlink line - what is 'bootdir' ?

Thanks,

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Hi Matt

bootdir is where the ufs boot partition gets mounted on further down in 
the instructions...  The symbolic link is to keep everything in order when;

* upgrading or installing a new kernel
* updating any of the boot configs.

Regards

/Craig B
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