[zfs-discuss] 200805 Grub problems

2008-06-08 Thread Kugutsumen
I've just installed 2008.05 on a 500 gig disk... Install went fine... I attached an identically partitioned and labeled disk as soon as the rpool was created during the installation.: zpool attach rpool c5t0d0s0 c6t0d0s0 Resilver completed right away... and everything seemed to work fine. Bo

Re: [zfs-discuss] xVm blockers!

2007-11-28 Thread Kugutsumen
ok cc'ing the zfs discuss was probably a mistake. However I don't like the way you troll me and single out point 4, while the other 3 points are directly related to Xen. point 1, I can't set migrate a xen domU from a linux dom0 because it is impossible to keep the previous network configuration

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS very slow under xVM

2007-11-05 Thread Kugutsumen
I had a similar problem on a quad core amd box with 8 gig of ram... The performance was nice for a few minutes but then the system will crawl to a halt. The problem was that the areca SATA drivers can't do DMA when the dom0 memory wasn't at 3 gig or lower. On 04/11/2007, at 3:49 PM, Martin

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X 10.5.0 Leopard ships with a readonly ZFS

2007-10-27 Thread Kugutsumen
It wasn't there yesterday. They just put it back in the Mac OS X Section of the ADC Download section (http://developer.apple.com free registration) This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org h

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X 10.5.0 Leopard ships with a readonly ZFS

2007-10-26 Thread Kugutsumen
TECTED] On Behalf Of Peter > Woodman > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:14 AM > To: Kugutsumen > Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X 10.5.0 Leopard ships with a > readonly > ZFS > > it would seem that the reason that it's been pulled

[zfs-discuss] Mac OS X 10.5.0 Leopard ships with a readonly ZFS

2007-10-26 Thread Kugutsumen
# zfs list ZFS Readonly implemntation is loaded! To download the full ZFS read/write kext with all functionality enabled, please go to http://developer.apple.com no datasets available Unfortunately, I can't find it on ADC yet and it seems that it was removed by Apple: "Another turn in the Apple

[zfs-discuss] How to have ZFS root with /usr on a separate datapool

2007-10-25 Thread Kugutsumen
u move /var to a separate partition, make sure you keep /var/run directory in your zfs root. Tested on b75a and b75a xVm should also work with b70, etc. kugutsumen You can find a patch for Tim's script here: http://www.kugutsumen.com/showthread.php?t=1740 This message posted

Re: [zfs-discuss] Installing a zvol-based gentoo domU from an existing

2007-10-19 Thread Kugutsumen
my post got truncated on the web jive interface on opensolaris.org You can find it here http://www.kugutsumen.com/showthread.php?t=1701 This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.open

[zfs-discuss] Installing a zvol-based gentoo domU from an existing linux partition

2007-10-19 Thread Kugutsumen
# I booted the gentoo partition emerge xen-sources cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.20-xen-r6 mount /boot make && make install && make modules install tar Ccp / linux-2.6.20-xen-r6-x64.tar.gz /boot/*2.6.20-xen-r6* /lib/ modules/*2.6.20-xen-r6* # I transfered my xen domU kernel to a safe place. # Now we ca

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-13 Thread Kugutsumen
I finally managed to have a small zfsroot on a 1 gig disk... with /usr, /var, /export/home on a secondary pool. If you follow the zfs boot manual install instruction or use the 'zfs-actual-root-install.sh' script, make sure of the following: 1/ Do not create your zfs boot root right after your

Re: [zfs-discuss] Areca 1100 SATA Raid Controller in JBOD mode Hangs on zfs root creation

2007-10-10 Thread Kugutsumen
Outside of xen ( it was running in a dom0),the zfs root creation executed flawlessly. and it seems that these dma error are caused by xen related isssue :(. There is an old thread talking about DMA issues on machine with lots of ram (8gig here.) Reposting to the Xen mailing list. This mess

Re: [zfs-discuss] Areca 1100 SATA Raid Controller in JBOD mode Hangs on zfs root creation

2007-10-09 Thread Kugutsumen
Updated to latest firmware 1.43-70417 ... same problem.. WARNING: arcmsr0: dma map got 'no resources' WARNING: arcmsr0: dma allocate fail WARNING: arcmsr0: dma allocate fail free scsi hba pkt WARNING: arcmsr0: dma map got 'no resources' WARNING: arcmsr0: dma allocate fail WARNING: a T

[zfs-discuss] Areca 1100 SATA Raid Controller in JBOD mode Hangs on zfs root creation.

2007-10-09 Thread Kugutsumen
Just as I create a ZFS pool and copy the root partition to it the performance seems to be really good then suddenly the system hangs all my sesssions and displays on the console: Oct 10 00:23:28 sunrise arcmsr: WARNING: arcmsr0: dma map got 'no resources' Oct 10 00:23:28 sunrise arcmsr: WAR

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs boot issue, changing device id

2007-10-07 Thread Kugutsumen
on, Oct 08, 2007 at 07:26:39AM +0700, Kugutsumen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Given two disk c1t0d0 (DISK A) and c1t1d0 (DISK B)... >> >> 1/ Standard install on DISK A. >> 2/ zfs boot install on DISK B. >> 3/ I change the boot order and my zfs boot works fine. >

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs boot issue, changing device id

2007-10-07 Thread Kugutsumen
at 7:48 AM, Kugutsumen wrote: > Did some googling, I guess the culprit is the bootpath in /boot/ > solaris/bootenv.rc > > setprop bootpath '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1000,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0:a' > > I have to touch /reconfigure and reboot. I hope it works.

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs boot issue, changing device id

2007-10-07 Thread Kugutsumen
Did some googling, I guess the culprit is the bootpath in /boot/ solaris/bootenv.rc setprop bootpath '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1000,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:a' I have to touch /reconfigure and reboot. I hope it works. On 08/10/2007, at 7:26 AM, Kugutsumen wrote: >

[zfs-discuss] zfs boot issue, changing device id

2007-10-07 Thread Kugutsumen
Hi, Given two disk c1t0d0 (DISK A) and c1t1d0 (DISK B)... 1/ Standard install on DISK A. 2/ zfs boot install on DISK B. 3/ I change the boot order and my zfs boot works fine. 4/ I install grub on the mbr of DISK B 5/ I disconnect and replace DISK A with DISK B 6/ Reboot, get the grub menu selec

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-06 Thread Kugutsumen
>> >> The question of why to have different storage pools has still not >> been >> satisfactorily addressed. Methinks people are still confusing >> pools and >> data sets. >> > > Is it possible to create a pool called rootpool made up for example > of mirror c1t0d0 c2t0d0 > then add 4 disks

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-05 Thread Kugutsumen
Same here, if zfs boot support raidz then my problems will be solved. On 05/10/2007, at 11:27 PM, Rob Logan wrote: >> I'm not surprised that having /usr in a separate pool failed. > > while this is discouraging, (I have several b62 machines with > root mirrored and /usr on raidz) if booting from

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-05 Thread Kugutsumen
esn't. I guess I'll have to track down all these broken dependencies myself or wait until 8 gig flashdisk are stocked again. On 05/10/2007, at 10:52 PM, Lori Alt wrote: > Kugutsumen wrote: >> Thanks, this is really strange. >> In your particular case you have /usr on

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-05 Thread Kugutsumen
Thanks, this is really strange. In your particular case you have /usr on the same pool as your rootfs and I guess that's why it is working for you. Alll my attempts with b64, b70 and b73 failed if /usr is on a separate pool. On 05/10/2007, at 4:10 PM, Andre Wenas wrote: > Hi Ku

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-04 Thread Kugutsumen
not access files that are compressed. Regards, K. On 05/10/2007, at 5:55 AM, Andre Wenas wrote: > Hi, > > Using bootroot I can do seperate /usr filesystem since b64. I can > also do snapshot, clone and compression. > > Rgds, > Andre W. > > Kugutsumen wrote: >

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Mountroot and Bootroot Comparison

2007-10-04 Thread Kugutsumen
ck root partition: NO * can use compression on root partition: NO * No backward compatibility with zfs mountroot. Why did we completely drop support for the old mountroot approach which is so much more flexible? Kugutsumen ___ zfs-discuss mai

Re: [zfs-discuss] Direct I/O ability with zfs?

2007-10-03 Thread Kugutsumen
Postgres assumes that the OS takes care of caching: "PLEASE NOTE. PostgreSQL counts a lot on the OS to cache data files and hence does not bother with duplicating its file caching effort. The shared buffers parameter assumes that OS is going to cache a lot of files and hence it is generally

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs boot doesn't support /usr on a separate partition.

2007-10-01 Thread Kugutsumen
Thanks, you're my hero... Should I bfu to the latest bits to fix this problem or do I also need to install b72? On 01/10/2007, at 8:22 PM, Jürgen Keil wrote: >> I would like confirm that Solaris Express Developer Edition 09/07 >> b70, you can't have /usr on a separate zfs filesystem because of

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs boot doesn't support /usr on a separate partition.

2007-10-01 Thread Kugutsumen
On 01/10/2007, at 7:46 PM, James C. McPherson wrote: > Kugutsumen wrote: >> I would like confirm that Solaris Express Developer Edition 09/07 >> b70, you can't have /usr on a separate zfs filesystem because of >> broken dependencies. >> 1/ Part of the probl

[zfs-discuss] zfs boot doesn't support /usr on a separate partition.

2007-10-01 Thread Kugutsumen
f the system on separate raidz2 pool. Kugutsumen P.S. Registration on the opensolaris forum seems to be broken... it keeps asking me for e-mail confirmation but when I click the link it says the token is invalid. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot Won't work with a straight or mirror zfsroot

2007-09-29 Thread Kugutsumen
On 30/09/2007, at 7:45 AM, Kugutsumen wrote: > Thanks Jürgen, > > I was hit by 6423745 (see below) but the main problem is that /sbin/ > zpool is linked to /usr/lib/libdiskmgt.so.1 and since /usr was on > my datapool, it failed systematically. > > I don't th

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot Won't work with a straight or mirror zfsroot

2007-09-29 Thread Kugutsumen
Thanks Jürgen, I was hit by 6423745 (see below) but the main problem is that /sbin/ zpool is linked to /usr/lib/libdiskmgt.so.1 and since /usr was on my datapool, it failed systematically. I don't think it makes sense that an executable in /sbin be linked to a lib in /usr/lib. The only binar

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot Won't work with a straight or mirror zfsroot

2007-09-28 Thread Kugutsumen
aken out in build 62... great backward compatibility here! On 28/09/2007, at 6:17 PM, Kugutsumen wrote: > > Using build 70, I followed the zfsboot instructions at http:// > www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/boot/zfsboot-manual/ to the > letter. > > I tried first with a

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Boot Won't work with a straight or mirror zfsroot

2007-09-28 Thread Kugutsumen
-B zfs-bootfs=rootpool/21' is loaded grub> boot Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks and regards Kugutsumen This is everything I did: # root is about 350 megs ... so it should fit nicely on our flash disk. # let's make separate partition for /, /var, /opt, /usr and /expor

Re: [zfs-discuss] Root raidz without boot

2007-09-26 Thread Kugutsumen
and no space for more disk... and I don't feel like repartitioning to accommodate a mirror for /root. Lori, what do you suggest I should do? I could just keep all of root minus /usr, /var, etc.. on the usb thumb drive? and mount the rest from the raidz2 pool... Is that the only clean way to do it? Regards, Kugutsumen ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss