Boot to ZFS on FreeBSD 7.3

[Glen Barber]

On 6/28/10 7:27 PM, Glen Barber wrote:
> On 6/28/10 5:13 PM, Dan D Niles wrote:
>>
>> The release notes for FreeBSD 7.3 said that it could boot to zfs. I did
>> not see any options for doing that via the normal install. I followed
>> the instructions here:
>>
>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot
>>
>> When I reboot, I get:
>>
>> can't load 'kernel'
>>
>> I wiped the disk and tried again to verify I didn't miss a step. Same
>> result.
>>
>> I saw a suggestion that zfs.cache needed to be copied. I did that
>> during the setup, but I tried doing it again from Fixit. Same result.
>
> You don't need this step for 7.3.
>
>> The other suggestion I saw was to do section 2 step 7 "again." That
>> shouldn't be necessary for 7.3, but I tried it anyway. Still seeing
>> "can't load 'kernel'."

I quoted the wrong sentence - you don't need _this_ step.

>>
>> Any suggestions for getting FreeBSD 7.3 to boot to ZFS?
>>
>
> Can you try the following at the loader prompt, where you see the
> FreeBSD boot options?
>
> load zfs
> load opensolaris # should not be necessary, but just to be safe
> boot
>
> Regards,
>


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Glen Barber