boot from ZFS: which pool types use?

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Thu, 4 Jul 2013, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:

> > > Can't find /boot/zfsloader
> > 
> > Does this file exist in the filesystem pointed to by bootfs property (if set)?
> 
> Arghh!!! I missed to set this one (however, this is the only zfs pool on the 
> machine -- shouldn't the loader assume it is safe to try to boot off?)

For the record: setting up zpool bootfs property fixes the issue.

I suppose it should be emphasized in all guides to not miss this, to avoid 
confusions; also, maybr some reasonable defaults should be implemented to help 
avoiding simple configuration errors.

Thanks Andriy a lot, I really needed a 'reset press' from outside after 
kinda-3-days dances around this machine ;-)


-- 
Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
[ FreeBSD committer:                                 marck at FreeBSD.org ]
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