gpart, bsdlabel and fdisk

[Aristedes Maniatis]

On 22/10/09 6:01 PM, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS
>
> If anyone notices a problem with them, either let me know or update
> the wiki page.

I've got some problems when following your instructions (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror )


1. gpart set -a active -i 1 ad0

This throws an error:
   gpart: attrib active: device not configured


2. zpool create zroot mirror /dev/gpt/disk0 /dev/gpt/disk1

Those devices don't exist. /dev/ad8p3 exists and can be used. But there isn't even a /dev/gpt directory.


3. cd /dist/8.0-20090628-SNAP and then install base, catpages, etc

We are using 8.0-RC2 and those folders do not exist in that location. Instead /dist contains a regular FreeBSD intallation, not install packages on the Fixit CD.



Unfortunately when we work around all the above issues, the resulting installed system will not boot from the ZFS drives.


Ari Maniatis


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