Re: grub2 boot root-on-zfs errors

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 30.08.2013 09:23, Raif S. Berent wrote:
> My system is FreeBSD_9.2-stable_amd64_HDD-layout=GPT
> grub version=grub2-2.00_1, and grub is on its own partition (/boot/grub)
> zpool version: 5000, with root on the zpool
> FreeBSD's bootloader is able to boot this pool, while various grub2
> attempts have failed. I think the reason is that grub2 has problems with
> recognizing FreeBSD's zpools. As an example of why I think this:
> 
> # grub-probe /dev/ada0p2 (partition where zpool resides)
> grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /dev/ada0p2 (is /dev mounted?).
> 
This doesn't demonstrate anything else than that you didn't use tools
correctly. It's either
grub-probe -d /dev/ada0p2
or
grub-probe /
Other than this this report doesn't contain any description of symptoms.
> # ls /dev/ada0*
> /dev/ada0   /dev/ada0p1  /dev/ada0p2  /dev/ada0p3
> 
> Regards.
> 
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