boot from ZFS: which pool types use?

[Andriy Gapon]

on 04/07/2013 15:01 Dmitry Morozovsky said the following:
> 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 ;-)

Setting bootfs should not be required.  If your root filesystem is your root
dataset (like "tank"), then everything should have just worked.


-- 
Andriy Gapon