Re: problem with zfs raidz3 install on an 8-disk system, can't find loader

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024, at 21:37, void wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 07:09:00PM +0000, void wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>the context here is * installing from usb2 stick
>>* tried with FreeBSD-14.2-PRERELEASE-amd64-20241024-5ae76ff5138e-269296-memstick.img
>>* also FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-amd64-20241031-5212b9500116-273335-memstick.img
>>
>>hardware is ProLiant DL380e Gen8 with 8* 4Tb seagate constellation
>>attached to Smart Array P440 Controller in HBA (JBOD) mode.

I don't see any general reason why this wouldn't work, people
have used it in the past - https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2017-September/087746.html 

From inside the installer, it would be worth sharing with the list:

- dmesg
- sysctl machdep.bootmethod
- relevant disk controller bits of `pciconf -lv`

and comparing what you see when booting from h/w (not memstick.img)
to see if it comes up in UEFI or BIOS mode.

While dealing with these issues I would start out first with a
single drive and see if FreeBSD will boot to "plain zfs" first.

I'm not familiar with raidz3, but that's where I'd start off.

A+
Dave