Re: update from 8.2 ZFS on root to 9.0
On 15 January 2012 14:23, Dick Hoogendijk d...@nagual.nl wrote: Does anybody already did a *binary* update (w/ freebsd-update) from a zfs on root freebsd-8.2-RELEASE to a new freebsd-9.0-RELEASE zfs on root system? Did all went well? I know the procedure (freebsd-update, recompile all ports, finish freebsd-update). Succes stories please.. ;-) Did just that with no kinks at all. It's a zfsroot system with gptzfsloader. Had to upgrade the gpt bootcode as instructed when upgrading the zpool for the system to boot. Installing misc/compat8x made the ports upgrade a lot smoother. Also had to manually fetch source.txz and extract into /usr/src/sys in order for certain ports to build correctly such as x11/nvidia-driver, as that was not done by freebsd-update ___ 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: update from 8.2 ZFS on root to 9.0
Op 16-1-2012 13:17, Magnus Strahlert schreef: On 15 January 2012 14:23, Dick Hoogendijkd...@nagual.nl wrote: Does anybody already did a *binary* update (w/ freebsd-update) from a zfs on root freebsd-8.2-RELEASE to a new freebsd-9.0-RELEASE zfs on root system? Did all went well? I know the procedure (freebsd-update, recompile all ports, finish freebsd-update). Succes stories please.. ;-) Did just that with no kinks at all. It's a zfsroot system with gptzfsloader. Had to upgrade the gpt bootcode as instructed when upgrading the zpool for the system to boot. Installing misc/compat8x made the ports upgrade a lot smoother. Also had to manually fetch source.txz and extract into /usr/src/sys in order for certain ports to build correctly such as x11/nvidia-driver, as that was not done by freebsd-update Sounds good. Where are these instructions for upgrading the gpt bootcode? And do you if it's normal that the souce code is nog updated by freebsd-update? ___ 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
update from 8.2 ZFS on root to 9.0
Does anybody already did a *binary* update (w/ freebsd-update) from a zfs on root freebsd-8.2-RELEASE to a new freebsd-9.0-RELEASE zfs on root system? Did all went well? I know the procedure (freebsd-update, recompile all ports, finish freebsd-update). Succes stories please.. ;-) ___ 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
Best solution to install zfs on root for FBSD 9
Hi, I would like to know if there is an official howto that could help me in the process of installing zfs on root. I will need a raid 1 configuration and plan to use the whole disks to be part of the pool. How far can we go with the installer ? Do I have to use gpart ? What is best way to achieve this ? Any recent and up to date pointer will be welcome. Thx. –– - Grégory Bernard Director - --- www.osnet.eu --- -- Your provider of OpenSource appliances -- –– OSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetO ___ 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: Best solution to install zfs on root for FBSD 9
В Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:11:36 +0100 bsd b...@todoo.biz пишет: Hi, I would like to know if there is an official howto that could help me in the process of installing zfs on root. I will need a raid 1 configuration and plan to use the whole disks to be part of the pool. How far can we go with the installer ? Do I have to use gpart ? What is best way to achieve this ? Any recent and up to date pointer will be welcome. Thx. http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot http://www.aisecure.net/2011/05/01/root-on-zfs-freebsd-current/ ___ 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: Best solution to install zfs on root for FBSD 9
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:11 PM, bsd b...@todoo.biz wrote: I would like to know if there is an official howto that could help me in the process of installing zfs on root. I have specifically used this documentation with great success: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror You can also look at this link for more information: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS -Corey Smith ___ 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: Best solution to install zfs on root for FBSD 9 [SOLVED]
Le 20 déc. 2011 à 18:42, Ivan Klymenko a écrit : В Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:11:36 +0100 bsd b...@todoo.biz пишет: Hi, I would like to know if there is an official howto that could help me in the process of installing zfs on root. I will need a raid 1 configuration and plan to use the whole disks to be part of the pool. How far can we go with the installer ? Do I have to use gpart ? What is best way to achieve this ? Any recent and up to date pointer will be welcome. Thx. http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot http://www.aisecure.net/2011/05/01/root-on-zfs-freebsd-current/ Ok thanks for your posting. There is an update for the post mentioned up there which is exactly what I was looking for : http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ Thx everyone. –– - Grégory Bernard Director - --- www.osnet.eu --- -- Your provider of OpenSource appliances -- –– OSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetOSnetO ___ 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
ZFS on root backup
OK, so now my ZFS on root FreeBSD-8.2 system runs smoothly and I'm very happy being able to have ZFS (coming from solaris11), but.. what is the best strategy to back this fbsd system up. do I create various ZFS backup filesystem streams or can I easely backup the zroot pool as a whole? And if yes, how? Grateful for all the help I can get in these matters. ___ 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: ZFS on root backup
On 11/07/2011 11:20, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: OK, so now my ZFS on root FreeBSD-8.2 system runs smoothly and I'm very happy being able to have ZFS (coming from solaris11), but.. what is the best strategy to back this fbsd system up. do I create various ZFS backup filesystem streams or can I easely backup the zroot pool as a whole? And if yes, how? Grateful for all the help I can get in these matters. Well, the best backup strategy is a very site specific thing. There's no one-size-fits-all answer. Suppose your machine caught fire right now. You're always going to lose some data -- everything that changed since the last backup. How much data can you afford to lose like that? A day's worth? A week's worth? Absolutely none at all? Given your server is destroyed, how fast do you need to get it back? Can you wait for a week in order to source replacement kit? Or does every second of lost uptime cost you significant amounts of money? Now imagine the ultimate disaster scenario: typically something like -- a fully loaded jumbo jet crashes into your datacenter and everything is completely destroyed[*]. Will your backups survive? Can you rebuild your system using those backups? Suppose someone stole your backup media: can they extract all your data from them, and does it matter if they do? Those are the sorts of questions you need to think about when designing a backup system. There's nothing particularly specific about ZFS there. What ZFS does get you in terms of backups are two things: 1) Really easy and unlimited amounts of snap-shotting. As well as making it really simple to get a coherent point-in-time backup of an active filesystem, they also give you a really simple 'undo' type functionality, so you can unwind accidental deletions and other user mistakes. 2) ZFS import and export -- again, exploiting the snap-shotting capability, this makes it pretty easy to create a duplicate of your filesystem onto another host, and to update the duplicate in a very efficient way. Cheers, Matthew [*] As a number of companies found out to their cost, 'in the basement of the other tower' was not sufficiently off-site to be effective. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: ZFS on root backup
On 7/11/2011 5:59 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 11/07/2011 11:20, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: OK, so now my ZFS on root FreeBSD-8.2 system runs smoothly and I'm very happy being able to have ZFS (coming from solaris11), but.. what is the best strategy to back this fbsd system up. do I create various ZFS backup filesystem streams or can I easely backup the zroot pool as a whole? And if yes, how? Grateful for all the help I can get in these matters. [...] What ZFS does get you in terms of backups are two things: 1) Really easy and unlimited amounts of snap-shotting. As well as making it really simple to get a coherent point-in-time backup of an active filesystem, they also give you a really simple 'undo' type functionality, so you can unwind accidental deletions and other user mistakes. 2) ZFS import and export -- again, exploiting the snap-shotting capability, this makes it pretty easy to create a duplicate of your filesystem onto another host, and to update the duplicate in a very efficient way. Cheers, Matthew [*] As a number of companies found out to their cost, 'in the basement of the other tower' was not sufficiently off-site to be effective. I recently just converted my system from raid0 to raid1, using zfs, and because of mountpoints and other quirks you could end up having trouble with zfs send and receive. If you're planning on backing up the whole pool, then using a backup drive, and virtualbox with the disk image on the backup drive to backup the pool might be easiest after you get networking working. If you're not concerned about the whole pool, just just create filesystems for what you want to save and use those. You could just use the zfs send command and not recreate the filesystem, but it's not recommended until if and when the data stream is standardized. It'll work until Oracle breaks it. ___ 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: ZFS on root backup
Matthew == Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk writes: Matthew1) Really easy and unlimited amounts of snap-shotting. As well as Matthew making it really simple to get a coherent point-in-time backup of Matthew an active filesystem, they also give you a really simple 'undo' Matthew type functionality, so you can unwind accidental deletions and Matthew other user mistakes. And with zxfer (in ports), very simple means to transfer those snapshots to another location. I'm using that now on multiple machines, and it's nearly flawless. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 mer...@stonehenge.com URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/ Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion ___ 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: ZFS on Root
On 23.06.2011, at 16:08, Chris Brennan wrote: * Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-23 22:54:59 +1200]: Did you set the mount point properly for your ZFS root? My previous post was intended as an example only, you need to tailor it to your setup. Also, you can use mfsbsd for installation very easy and straightforward http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ . This looks great, but my foggy brain isn't understanding how to use it? Do I just burn the iso to media and boot it? Or is there some track that involves a wand (sorry for my sarcasm lol) Hi Chris I just installed ZFS on ROOT on two 1TB SATA disks: First you need to download freebsd 8.2 memstick release http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/announce.html After booting from memstick you must enter in Fixit shell and then to follow step by step instructions from post in Dan's blog: https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2010/02/08/booting-from-zfs-raid0156-in-freebsd/ -- Chris Brennan -- ___ 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: ZFS on Root
* Todor Dragnev todor.drag...@gmail.com [2011-07-06 10:43:17 +0300]: Inline reply: Hi Chris I just installed ZFS on ROOT on two 1TB SATA disks: First you need to download freebsd 8.2 memstick release http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/announce.html I did this via VirtualBox first, so the livefs iso or the DVD was more approprite here, I choose the dvd so I had quick install times. After booting from memstick you must enter in Fixit shell and then to follow step by step instructions from post in Dan's blog: https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2010/02/08/booting-from-zfs-raid0156-in-freebsd/ A most excellent guide to follow, I made some slight adjustments for my environment and desire, even scripted the process a little bit (with my tastes of course) and it went without error. The problem came when I went to reboot. The system just hangs, I'm going on 7min now with it just sitting at what I would presume should be the loader prompt. No import moves things along. The last post on the link you provided pretty much sums up my issue currently. If you or anyone else has some advise on this, I would be greatly appreciated. -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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: ZFS on Root
On 6/21/2011 7:47 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: * Peter Tothfree...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-22 12:16:11 +1200]: Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank OK, I booted back to the livefs memostick, imported my zpool (tank) and zpool promptly tells me the following Fixit# zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank cannot set property for 'tank': no such pool or dataset. Fixit But ... there is! It was a great tip and a worthy try. But it didn't work, got any more idea's? Try sending your results of `zpool status`, `zpool get all tank`, and `zfs get all tank` and maybe someone can find some quirk. ___ 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: ZFS on Root
On 06/22/11 12:47, Chris Brennan wrote: * Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-22 12:16:11 +1200]: Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank OK, I booted back to the livefs memostick, imported my zpool (tank) and zpool promptly tells me the following Fixit# zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank cannot set property for 'tank': no such pool or dataset. Fixit But ... there is! It was a great tip and a worthy try. But it didn't work, got any more idea's? Did you set the mount point properly for your ZFS root? My previous post was intended as an example only, you need to tailor it to your setup. Also, you can use mfsbsd for installation very easy and straightforward http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ . ___ 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
ZFS on root and find performance
Is anyone else running zfs on root and running into very slow finds? The /etc/periodic/daily/450.status-security can take over a noisy HD thrashing hour to finish, the culprit being the find that crawls the filesystem. I'm hoping there is some I'm not sure if there if some simple zfs tuning I need to do to improve the performance on this. I'm looking for what others use for their ZFS settings. Thanks! --Andy___ 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: ZFS on root and find performance
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again, freebsd-questions! 2011/06/23 03:56:07 -0700 Andrew Moran amo...@forsythia.net = To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : AM AM Is anyone else running zfs on root and running into very slow finds? The /etc/periodic/daily/450.status-security can take over a noisy HD thrashing hour to finish, the culprit being the find that crawls the filesystem. I was doing, too. I believe zfs requires 4+ GB RAM and 4+ CPUs (or cores) and 1+ TB of storage space to be useful. AM I'm hoping there is some I'm not sure if there if some simple zfs tuning I need to do to improve the performance on this. I'm looking for what others use for their ZFS settings. But SGI's XFS requires nothing like that, although it is not fully supported on FreeBSD but on those systems it is being designed fpr it requires no tuning for the performance of the any kind of acceptance. I think UFS is still a rather choice for many old machines for which FreeBSD is a competent option for. 73! Peter pgp: A0E26627 (4A42 6841 2871 5EA7 52AB 12F8 0CE1 4AAC A0E2 6627) -- http://vereshagin.org ___ 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: ZFS on Root
* Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-23 22:54:59 +1200]: Did you set the mount point properly for your ZFS root? My previous post was intended as an example only, you need to tailor it to your setup. Also, you can use mfsbsd for installation very easy and straightforward http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ . This looks great, but my foggy brain isn't understanding how to use it? Do I just burn the iso to media and boot it? Or is there some track that involves a wand (sorry for my sarcasm lol) -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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: ZFS on Root
On 22 June 2011 01:47, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: * Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-22 12:16:11 +1200]: Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank OK, I booted back to the livefs memostick, imported my zpool (tank) and zpool promptly tells me the following Fixit# zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank cannot set property for 'tank': no such pool or dataset. Fixit But ... there is! It was a great tip and a worthy try. But it didn't work, got any more idea's? -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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 I never have the os installed in the rootfs of the pool ___ 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: ZFS on Root
On 22 June 2011 21:31, krad kra...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 June 2011 01:47, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: * Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-22 12:16:11 +1200]: Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank OK, I booted back to the livefs memostick, imported my zpool (tank) and zpool promptly tells me the following Fixit# zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank cannot set property for 'tank': no such pool or dataset. Fixit But ... there is! It was a great tip and a worthy try. But it didn't work, got any more idea's? -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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 I never have the os installed in the rootfs of the pool sorry finger fart, ill continue I have a separate tree for the os, as per below (modelled on opensolaris). Make sure the fs you boot off is also set to legacy mountpoint. Also make sure your bootloader is a zfs aware one [root@carrera /home/krad]# df / Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on system-4k/be/root20110604597G5.5G591G 1%/ [root@carrera /home/krad]# zfs list | grep be system-4k/be 55.0G 592G 180K /system-4k/be system-4k/be/current 1.51G 592G 1017M legacy system-4k/be/root20110226 2.80G 592G 882M legacy system-4k/be/root20110302 3.24G 592G 882M legacy system-4k/be/root20110306 1.32G 592G 882M legacy system-4k/be/root20110312 1.36G 592G 923M legacy system-4k/be/root20110416 1.47G 592G 1.14G /system-4k/be/root20110416 system-4k/be/root20110430 1.47G 592G 1.15G legacy system-4k/be/root20110505 2.11G 592G 1.78G legacy system-4k/be/root20110506 4.01G 592G 3.37G legacy system-4k/be/root20110604 6.23G 592G 5.50G /system-4k/be/root20110604 system-4k/be/tmp 900K 594G 384K /tmp system-4k/be/usr-local4.00G 592G 1.78G /usr/local/ system-4k/be/usr-obj 4.45G 592G 1.45G /usr/obj system-4k/be/usr-ports9.47G 592G 3.84G /usr/ports system-4k/be/usr-ports/distfiles 2.96G 592G 1.77G /usr/ports/distfiles system-4k/be/usr-src 1.56G 592G 1006M /usr/src system-4k/be/var 8.04G 592G 1.03G /var system-4k/be/var/log 6.68G 592G 4.76G /var/log system-4k/be/var/mysql82.5M 592G 33.9M /var/db/mysql [root@carrera /home/krad]# zpool get bootfs system-4k NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE system-4k bootfssystem-4k/be/root20110604 local ___ 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
ZFS on Root
OK, So I got ZFS installed on this new box, I had to loose two disks due to them being faulty, so I removed the IDE expansion card and booted from an SD card, all went well (according to this guide - http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror). I adjusted the instructions there for only one disk though and will worry about adding the others to the zpool after the fact and the system has booted on it's own. The problem is this, the system starts to boot but then fails to find zfs:tank, I get dropped to the mountroot prompt with the following advise: Trying to mount root from zfs:tank ROOT MOUNT ERROR: If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from the loader prompt: set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw and then remove invalid mount options from /etc/fstab. Loader variables: vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:tank vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw Manual root filesystem specifications: fstype:device Mount device using filesystem fstype eg: ufs:/dev/da0s1a eg: cd9660:/dev/acd0 This is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 / ? List valid disk boot devices empty lineAbort manual input mountroot ? List of GEOM managed disk devices: ufsid/47ce961fb53808acd ufsid/47ce961fb53808ac ad6s1d ad6s1 ad7 ad6 ad5 gptit/f6af4300-9c1a-11e0-b38d-000ea68c8b0e gpt/disk0 gpt/f6a70bb3-9c1a-11e0-b38d-000ea68c8b0e gpt/swap0 gpt/f6a4de0c-9c1a-11e0-b8d-000ea68c8b0e ad4p3 ad4p2 ad3p1 ad4 Manual root File Specification 8 lines repeat from above So what did I miss? I was able to follow the instructions without fail, the only instruction I had to do on my own was to create /tank/boot/zfs first to copy the cpool.cache over. All the other instructions worked with issue, the first time. This is the second time I've done this on this box in two days, the first time I made a mistake, so I scripted the instructions (rather crudely) to ensure I did things correctly, each portion of the script was modified to reflected how I wanted my system to be (mostly changing zpool as the pool name to tank. I can make the scripts available if someone would like to look at them. -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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: ZFS on Root
On 06/22/11 08:15, Chris Brennan wrote: OK, So I got ZFS installed on this new box, I had to loose two disks due to them being faulty, so I removed the IDE expansion card and booted from an SD card, all went well (according to this guide - http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror). I adjusted the instructions there for only one disk though and will worry about adding the others to the zpool after the fact and the system has booted on it's own. The problem is this, the system starts to boot but then fails to find zfs:tank, I get dropped to the mountroot prompt with the following advise: Trying to mount root from zfs:tank ROOT MOUNT ERROR: If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from the loader prompt: set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw and then remove invalid mount options from /etc/fstab. Loader variables: vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:tank vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw Manual root filesystem specifications: fstype:device Mount device using filesystem fstype eg: ufs:/dev/da0s1a eg: cd9660:/dev/acd0 This is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 / ? List valid disk boot devices empty lineAbort manual input mountroot ? List of GEOM managed disk devices: ufsid/47ce961fb53808acd ufsid/47ce961fb53808ac ad6s1d ad6s1 ad7 ad6 ad5 gptit/f6af4300-9c1a-11e0-b38d-000ea68c8b0e gpt/disk0 gpt/f6a70bb3-9c1a-11e0-b38d-000ea68c8b0e gpt/swap0 gpt/f6a4de0c-9c1a-11e0-b8d-000ea68c8b0e ad4p3 ad4p2 ad3p1 ad4 Manual root File Specification 8 lines repeat from above So what did I miss? I was able to follow the instructions without fail, the only instruction I had to do on my own was to create /tank/boot/zfs first to copy the cpool.cache over. All the other instructions worked with issue, the first time. This is the second time I've done this on this box in two days, the first time I made a mistake, so I scripted the instructions (rather crudely) to ensure I did things correctly, each portion of the script was modified to reflected how I wanted my system to be (mostly changing zpool as the pool name to tank. I can make the scripts available if someone would like to look at them. Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank ___ 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: ZFS on Root
* Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-22 12:16:11 +1200]: Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank Well, the wiki I linked has the following: Fixit# mkdir /boot/zfs Fixit# zpool create zroot mirror /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1 Fixit# zpool set bootfs=zroot zroot I subsequently modified that as follows: Fixit# mkdir /boot/zfs Fixit# zpool create tank /dev/gpt/disk0 Fixit# zpool set bootfs=tank tank So was the wiki mistake and I do indeed need to zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank instead? -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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: ZFS on Root
* Peter Toth free...@snap.net.nz [2011-06-22 12:16:11 +1200]: Did you set the bootfs property on your root pool? Example: zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank OK, I booted back to the livefs memostick, imported my zpool (tank) and zpool promptly tells me the following Fixit# zpool set bootfs=tank/root tank cannot set property for 'tank': no such pool or dataset. Fixit But ... there is! It was a great tip and a worthy try. But it didn't work, got any more idea's? -- Chris Brennan -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ___ 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: Problem upgrading from 8.1-8.2, ZFS as root filesystem
On 27 February 2011 21:29, Scott Ballantyne boyva...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Scott Ballantyne boyva...@gmail.comwrote: ===sys/boot/i386/zfsloader (install) cp zfsloader.sym zfsloader.bin cp:No such file or directory *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/zfsloader *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 Any suggestions would be *very* appreciated! Thanks, Scott You can follow the intructions for building the loader which I believe are in the wiki or set LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES in /etc/src.conf prior to upgrade. Thanks Adam, but it still comes to a screaming stop with that set. ___ 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 mines in make.conf not src and it built fine ___ 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
Problem upgrading from 8.1-8.2, ZFS as root filesystem
Hi, Doing a source upgrade from 8.1-8.2, all went well up to the installworld step: Reboot into single user mode: mount -u ./ zfs mount -a cd /usr/src make installworld It goes fine up to this point: (copying by hand) ===sys/boot/i386/zfsloader (install) cp zfsloader.sym zfsloader.bin cp:No such file or directory *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/zfsloader *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 Any suggestions would be *very* appreciated! Thanks, Scott -- boyva...@gmail.com ___ 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: Problem upgrading from 8.1-8.2, ZFS as root filesystem
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Scott Ballantyne boyva...@gmail.comwrote: ===sys/boot/i386/zfsloader (install) cp zfsloader.sym zfsloader.bin cp:No such file or directory *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/zfsloader *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 Any suggestions would be *very* appreciated! Thanks, Scott You can follow the intructions for building the loader which I believe are in the wiki or set LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES in /etc/src.conf prior to upgrade. -- Adam Vande More ___ 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: Problem upgrading from 8.1-8.2, ZFS as root filesystem
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Scott Ballantyne boyva...@gmail.comwrote: ===sys/boot/i386/zfsloader (install) cp zfsloader.sym zfsloader.bin cp:No such file or directory *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/zfsloader *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/boot/i386 Any suggestions would be *very* appreciated! Thanks, Scott You can follow the intructions for building the loader which I believe are in the wiki or set LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES in /etc/src.conf prior to upgrade. Thanks Adam, but it still comes to a screaming stop with that set. ___ 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
a question on ZFS boot/root in 8.0-RELEASE
Hello list. My concern is this: I really really like freebsd-update and want to continue using it. Freebsd-update however, assumes that no part of your base system has been compiled by hand, it's intended to be used to update from official binaries to other official binaries. I am also gathering (from things I've read so far) that you HAVE to build a custom loader if you want to boot off a ZFS mirror or raidz... but what about a non-redundant ZFS pool as system root in 8.0-RELEASE? Can I have a full ZFS FreeBSD installation on a non-redundant ZFS pool and have the system boot off it without having to compile anything manually with the existing binaries provided on the 8.0 install DVD? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov ___ 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: a question on ZFS boot/root in 8.0-RELEASE
2010/1/11 Dan Naumov dan.nau...@gmail.com Hello list. My concern is this: I really really like freebsd-update and want to continue using it. Freebsd-update however, assumes that no part of your base system has been compiled by hand, it's intended to be used to update from official binaries to other official binaries. I am also gathering (from things I've read so far) that you HAVE to build a custom loader if you want to boot off a ZFS mirror or raidz... but what about a non-redundant ZFS pool as system root in 8.0-RELEASE? Can I have a full ZFS FreeBSD installation on a non-redundant ZFS pool and have the system boot off it without having to compile anything manually with the existing binaries provided on the 8.0 install DVD? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov ___ 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 At the moment dont mix freebsd update and zfsroot. Much safer to do it from source. ___ 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
zfs on root and zpool.cache importance
Hello I'm a bit confused about zpool.cache file. I've got a configuration with /boot sitting on a usb drive (UFS) and everything else on internal ZFS hard drive. I'm booting my system off the usb drive so zpool.cache file is there (usb drive). Basic zfs root + ufs boot setup. Everything works like a charm no problems so far and I would like to keep it that way hence my question. I've noticed that zpool.cache on ZFS drive is being updated from time to time and it is different from zpool.cache file on usb drive. Even when I remove zpool.cache file on hard disk then it gets recreated automatically and system still boots and works fine because it starts with zpool.cache on usb drive which is intact. Now how important it is to keep them in sync and what I'm risking by not doing that? Am I stomping on a thin ice? Should I copy zpool.cache from hard drive to usb boot disk every day or should I leave it how it is? I know that zpool.cache is critical to boot and it keeps some informations about pool configuration but don't quite understand implications of having it outside of the pool itself (without zfs even knowing about that). Michal -- Every man dies, not every man really lives. -William Wallace ___ 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
ZFS on root with atime=off
Hi everyone, I install ZFS on root just like in Andrew ZFSOnRoot wiki page. I don't use legacy mount points. I also set atime=off on tank and all partitions inherit it from tank. When I reboot after install, root file system is mounted with atime option: # zfs get atime tank NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE tank atime on temporary I can fix this with creating entry in fstab for root fs with noatime, but maybe there is some way how to pass options to vfs.root.mountfrom? -- regards, Artis Caune . CCNA | ' didii FreeBSD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ZFS on root with atime=off
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 11:26:52AM +0300, Artis Caune wrote: Hi everyone, I install ZFS on root just like in Andrew ZFSOnRoot wiki page. I don't use legacy mount points. I also set atime=off on tank and all partitions inherit it from tank. When I reboot after install, root file system is mounted with atime option: # zfs get atime tank NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE tank atime on temporary I can fix this with creating entry in fstab for root fs with noatime, but maybe there is some way how to pass options to vfs.root.mountfrom? This question should be going to freebsd-fs, not freebsd-questions. Please re-post it there, and CC [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ZFS maintainer). -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
