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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:17 pm    Post subject: Gentoo ZFS on root - unmount at shutdown and other issues Reply with quote

Hi all -

It appears I have a 95% successful Gentoo install on a ZFS root. I created my own install CD using catalyst, releng specs, and adding zfs. I then combined https://github.com/ryao/zfs-overlay/blob/master/zfs-install and https://github.com/pendor/gentoo-zfs-install/blob/master/install/GentooInstall.mdown, so my workflow went as followed:

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from pendor's guide:
sgdisk --zap-all /dev/sda (repeat for sdb-sdf)
sgdisk \
    --new=1:2048:133120 --typecode=1:EF02 --change-name=1:"grub" \
    --largest-new=2 --typecode=2:BF01 --change-name=2:"zfs" \
    /dev/sda  #(repeat for sdb-sdf)

reboot w/ installCD

zpool create -m none -R /mnt/gentoo rpool mirror sda2 sdb2 mirror sdd2 sde2 mirror sdc2 sdf2

follow ryao's notes from #create rootfs to #install gptfdisk

skip making partitions and rebooting since I already did this above

install grub2, but for each drive (sda-sdf)

Then commented out fstab and installed software according to gentoo amd64 handbook.

When trying to unmount rpool, it refused because /mnt/gentoo was busy, but I could find no processes using it, so I just crossed my fingers and rebooted because I had to take my kid to daycare :)


The last reboot resulted in a system booting off ZFS - yay. The only things I noted were:
1. Grub took a long time to start up. Is it because I installed grub onto each drive? Is there a way around this? It doesn't look like there are any bootflags marked for partitions since ZFS handles it all. Or is it just a consequence of having to do some Grub2/ZFS magic?

2. When shutting down, I again notice error messages about / being busy, ZFS unable to unmount it, but shutdown continues anyway. Is this a bug, should I be worried, or just not care since I have all the other ZFS coolness available.

Thanks - and thanks to both pendor and ryao for the guides.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Gentoo ZFS on root - unmount at shutdown and other issue Reply with quote

tenspd137 wrote:

2. When shutting down, I again notice error messages about / being busy, ZFS unable to unmount it, but shutdown continues anyway. Is this a bug, should I be worried, or just not care since I have all the other ZFS coolness available.

i have the same unmount issue as you. did you get rid of it?
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