new ZFS install (was: Re: fixing a busted ZFS upgrade)

[Martin Simmons]

>>>>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:01:39 -0700, David Newman said:
> 
> On 4/4/11 4:38 AM, Martin Simmons wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:34:40 -0700, David Newman said:
> >>
> >>         I've tried booting from 8.1 and 8.2 mfsBSD ISOs but both hang at
> >> loader.conf.
> > 
> > Have you tried the regular FreeBSD installation ISO?  That doesn't know about
> > ZFS by default, but you can enter Fixit mode with "Use the live filesystem
> > CDROM/DVD" and load the modules using
> > 
> > kldload /dist/boot/kernel/opensolaris.ko
> > kldload /dist/boot/kernel/zfs.ko
> 
> Thanks, that did the trick, along with repairing the boot records on
> each disk.

Good -- though it is strange the mfsBSD hung.  Does it still hang, now that
you have repaired the system?


> This server is showing some evidence of flaky hardware, and I'm looking
> to move its data onto a new server running FreeBSD 8.2 and ZFS in all
> partitions.

Maybe that is the cause of mfsBSD hanging too?


> I understand the guide I used to build the old server has been
> deprecated. What's the recommended setup these days?

I don't know -- AFAIK http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 is
still accurate.

__Martin