Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-26 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2024-04-25, Chris Petrik wrote: > Remember softraid isn't the same as hw raid and I will always chose hw over > soft this includes zfs. There are advantages and disadvantages for both. e.g. a software setup with multiple disk controllers can, if there's support for data error detection[1],

Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-25 Thread Martin
> Hello, > > Remember softraid isn't the same as hw raid and I will always chose hw over > soft this includes zfs. > > Chris I am sorry, but what relevance does your personal preferences have to anything regarding this issue? FWIW, I have seen more than one example of some really crappy

Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-25 Thread Chris Petrik
Hello, Remember softraid isn't the same as hw raid and I will always chose hw over soft this includes zfs. Chris Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 4/25/24 3:14 PM, Martin wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 09:12:47AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > >

Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-25 Thread Martin
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 09:12:47AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > I checked, the softraid manual page already has an example installboot > > invocation in EXAMPLES, which should be clear enough. > > > Regardless, I've tweaked the wording a bit. Hopefully more clear now. Indeed :) Thank

Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-25 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 09:12:47AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: > I checked, the softraid manual page already has an example installboot > invocation in EXAMPLES, which should be clear enough. Regardless, I've tweaked the wording a bit. Hopefully more clear now.

Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-25 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 03:27:29AM +, Martin wrote: > I eventually found out what was going on. > > The FreeBSD boot problem was not related at all. > > Long story short and for future reference, installboot needs > to be run on the softraid volume, NOT on the physical disk. And this > has

Re: Getting "Boot error" after replacing a disk in softraid [SOLVED]

2024-04-24 Thread Martin
I eventually found out what was going on. The FreeBSD boot problem was not related at all. Long story short and for future reference, installboot needs to be run on the softraid volume, NOT on the physical disk. And this has to be repeated after a softraid volume rebuild in order for the new