zpool upgrade, can't boot

[Aristedes Maniatis]

On 5/05/11 7:24 PM, Aristedes Maniatis wrote:
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> Not only do you have to get the boot loaders installed properly [1] but also there is a breakage in the FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE code [2]. The MBR bootloader is broken in 8.2 and will not work with ZFS under at least some circumstances (2 of our boxes had the problem). The problem has been reported on the freebsd-fs list and I notice a fix has gone into svn for the 8-STABLE branch.
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> You need to get a bootloader from 8-CURRENT or convert your partitions over to GPT if you hit that particular bug. But you aren't up to hitting that bug yet... you haven't installed the newer bootloader at the point you are up to.
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> Ari
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> [1]
> [2] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=153552


Sorry, [1] should be http://www.ish.com.au/node/1434 That has some useful pointers for installing the zfsboot onto MBR disks, but I'm sure you can find similar information in other places (just not in the FreeBSD handbooks unforuntately)


Ari

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