Forwarding to fs@ per a colleague's suggestion. tldr: amd64 host running 9.0-RC2 with zfs root won't boot 9.0-RELEASE's self-compiled GENERIC kernel, hanging at mountfrom>. Details below.
The previous thread is here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.questions/285708 Thanks. ----- Forwarded message from Daniel Shahaf <danie...@apache.org> ----- > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:48:11 +0200 > From: Daniel Shahaf <danie...@apache.org> > To: questi...@freebsd.org > Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollu...@p6m7g8.com>, > infrastructure-priv...@apache.org > Subject: Re: zroot won't mount after 9.0-RC2 -> 9.0-RELEASE upgrade > Message-ID: <20120215174811.GA14636@daniel3.local> > > So far we've tried: > > - 'gpart bootcode -b' > - load geom_part_gpt.ko > - using zpool.cache from the 9.0-RELEASE CD > > And none of that seems to have had any effect. > > Additional info: from the CD environment, 'zpool import' reports an old > 'tank' pool on devices mfid[2-5]. (The 'zroot' pool uses mfid[0-5]p3.) > > Any further ideas, please? > > Thanks for all the suggestions so far. > > > Daniel Shahaf wrote on Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 02:31:10 +0200: > > One of our amd64 servers runs 9.0-RC2 (releng/9.0@r228325) with a zfs root. > > > > It fails to boot the 9.0-RELEASE (releng/9.0@r229305) GENERIC kernel > > (self compiled) with a mountfrom error: > > > > http://people.apache.org/~danielsh/infra/loki-20120215-mountfrom.png > > mountfrom> zfs:zroot > > Trying to mount root from zfs:zroot []... > > Mounting from zfs:zroot failed with error 2. > > > > We've tried to upgrade the zpool format 15->28; the symptoms are > > unchanged. (The zroot fs is at version 4.) > > > > Why does 9.0-RC2 boot while 9.0-RELEASE (as /boot/testkernel) doesn't? > > What can do to boot 9.0-RELEASE from our zfs root filesystem? > > > > Thanks. > > > > [[[ > > % uname -a > > FreeBSD loki.apache.org 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 #0: Sat Nov 12 18:35:25 UTC > > 2011 r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > % cat /boot/loader.conf > > # zfs > > zfs_load="YES" > > vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:zroot" > > > > # > > ipmi_load="YES" > > > > # Console for DRAC5 > > boot_multicons="YES" > > boot_serial="YES" > > comconsole_speed="57600" > > console="comconsole,vidconsole" > > hint.sio.0.flags=0 > > hint.sio.1.flags=0x10 > > > > accf_http_load="YES" > > accf_data_load="YES" > > % > > > > ]]] > _______________________________________________ > 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" ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ 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"
