So it sounds like somehow my system is trying to use the old boot2 method when I don't hit F12. I'm guessing the difference is due to how the hard drive is getting presented to the boot loader by the BIOS. How can I get rid of the legacy boot system and use only the ZFS bootloader? On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Matt Reimer <mattjreimer_at_gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:20 AM, John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> On Thursday 18 February 2010 10:38:38 pm Chris wrote: >> > > I'm seeing some difference in the bootloader output between using the >> > > F12 workaround or not: >> > > >> > > F12 workaround mode: >> > > >> > > FreeBSD/i386 boot >> > > Default: zroot:/boot/zfsloader >> > > boot: status >> > > config: >> > > >> > > NAME STATE >> > > zroot ONLINE >> > > gpt/disk0 ONLINE >> > > >> > > >> > > No F12 key pressed: >> > > >> > > FreeBSD/i386 boot >> > > Default: zroot:/boot/kernel/kernel >> > > config: >> > > >> > > NAME STATE >> > > zroot ONLINE >> > > gpt/disk0 ONLINE >> > > >> > > >> > > What's up with the differences between the Default boot setting? >> > > >> > >> > Sorry for the spam but I'm seeing something else very interesting.... >> > If I boot to Good Mode (F12) and break to the "boot:" prompt, the >> > system boots if I type /boot/zfsloader. However, if I type >> > /boot/kernel/kernel (as was seen in the Default setting when I didn't >> > hit F12), I get a crash that looks like the following: >> > ----------------------------------------- >> > FreeBSD/i386 boot >> > Default: zroot:/boot/zfsloader >> > boot: /boot/kernel/kernel >> > int=00000006 err=00000000 efl=00010882 eip=00200000 >> > eax=0018b070 ebx=ed7706bd ecx=c72e2ca8 edx=00000000 >> > esi=00000040 edi=000929d0 ebp=0009279c esp=00009401 >> > cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 >> > cs:eip=ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 7f-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >> > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >> > ss:esp=36 80 0d 07 90 00 00 01-e9 c4 fc ff ff aa ac 84 >> > c0 0f 84 86 00 00 00 a8-80 74 f2 88 c5 b0 3d aa >> > BTX halted >> > ----------------------------------------- >> >> I'm not sure how well we support booting a kernel from boot2 anymore, much >> less from zfsboot. Using /boot/loader (or /boot/zfsloader) is probably >> the >> only tested (and realistically supported) case. > > Yeah, the last time I tried this it didn't work, but I didn't hunt down why. > Matt >> >> >Received on Thu Feb 25 2010 - 02:12:38 UTC
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