I would not use the root dataset. Create a ROOT/<name> one so it looks for the kernel in "zboot:/ROOT/fist/boot/kernel/kernel" or similar. This way you are compatible with beadm.
On 28 April 2016 at 08:44, Eugene M. Zheganin <e...@norma.perm.ru> wrote: > Hi. > > So, I'm still struggling with my problem when I cannot boot from a big > zfs 2T pool (I have written some messages about a year ago, the whole > story is too long and irrelevant to retell it, I'll only notice that I > took the path where I'm about to boot from a separate zfs pool closer to > the beginning of the disk). > > I've created such a smaller pool, called it zboot. I've read pjd@ letter > explaining that when FreeBSD sees several bootable pools, it chooses the > first one - that's fine with me, since the new pool partition's number > is smaller than the big one. So, I created zboot, set the mountpoint to > legacy, wrote the content to it's /boot directory (and yes, I did call > the 'make installkernel DESTDIR=/zboot') and rebooted. Strage thing > happened next - I got > > > Can't find /boot/zfsloader > > FreeBSD/x86 boot > Default: zboot:/boot/kernel/kernel > boot: > | > Can't find /boot/kernel/kernel > > > I booted back from USB stick (that I'm using to boot my machine) and > rechecked these files - everything mentioned here is in it's place. > > Does someone have the idea what I'm doing wrong ? May be this has > something to do with the fact that zboot does contain only the /boot > directory, and not the full rootfs ? > > Thanks. > Eugene. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
