Re: Booting from ZFS root on MBR layout fails on ThinkPad X61s

From: Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:33:27 +0400
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Sevan / Venture37 <venture37_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I decided to wipe away the disk in my X61s & start afresh with a new
> install of FreeBSD-Current at the same time switching to root on ZFS
> (previously /boot was on UFS).
> I've been unsuccessful in being able get the system to boot, after
> trying various combinations of
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition I switched back to
> using the install menu option & just switching from GPT to MBR
> (everything else as default).
> Once install completes & the system reboots, the system hangs at a prompt.
>
> I was pointed to a post regarding modifying partition ID's by Allan
> Jude as there seems to have been an issue with ThinkPads & FreeBSD in
> the past. This also didn't work & caused the system to reset.
>
> What should be my next step for trying to debug this issue?
>
>
> Sevan / Venture37


It seems there are some problems with compatibility :(
I'm have X220 my config
# camcontrol devlist
<Corsair Neutron SSD M206>         at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (ada0,pass0)
<OCZ-NOCTI 2.15>                   at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (ada1,pass1)

 % gpart show
=>       63  468862065  ada0  MBR  (224G)
         63  234441585     1  freebsd  (112G)
  234441648  234420480     2  freebsd  (112G)

=>        0  234441585  ada0s1  BSD  (112G)
          0  234441585       1  freebsd-zfs  (112G)

=>       63  234441585  ada1  MBR  (112G)
         63  234441585     1  freebsd  [active]  (112G)

=>        0  234441585  ada1s1  BSD  (112G)
          0  234441585       1  freebsd-zfs  (112G)

system ZFS mirror x220pool (ada0s1a ada1s1a) boot only ada1 (msata) disk.
Boot with GPT not work, black screen and reboot without any menu.

When I used HDD as ada1 boot with him work MBR method
Might be worth trying to boot from UEFI but it's still an experimental
method https://wiki.freebsd.org/UEFI
Received on Wed Apr 23 2014 - 18:33:29 UTC

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