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Bug #10690

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Not possible to make UFS install on ZFS formatted drive

Added by Viktor Gurov over 3 years ago. Updated almost 2 years ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Installer
Target version:
Start date:
06/23/2020
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
2.4.5-p1
Affected Architecture:

Description

If you want, to make pfSense UFS install over ZFS formatted drive (previous pfSense installation, for example)
you get "Invalid size: Invalid arguments" error, without ability to restart the Installer, the OK button does nothing


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Actions #1

Updated by Viktor Gurov over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Resolved
  • Target version set to 2.5.0

no such issue with pfSense-CE-2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT-amd64-20201006-1250.iso
I can successfully make UFS install on ZFS formatted drive

Actions #2

Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to New

I'm still hitting this on current snapshots. It gives an error similar to that in the description and even trying to remove the partitions with gpart at a rescue shell prompt gave an error ("Device Busy") and I had to forcefully remove them. I could reinstall after wiping the partitions without error.

Actions #3

Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago

It's inconsistent, unfortunately. From a fresh 2.5.0 snapshot ISO I can install and reinstall any combination of UFS and ZFS over top of one another, with one or multiple disks attached, and with/without using the recover config.xml option.

But if I take an existing working setup like a 2.4.5 VM running ZFS and try to reinstall it as UFS, I get the errors.

If it's too tricky for now we can move it to the next version and document the workaround.

Actions #4

Updated by Anonymous over 3 years ago

  • Target version changed from 2.5.0 to CE-Next
Actions #5

Updated by Anonymous over 3 years ago

  • Assignee set to Renato Botelho
Actions #6

Updated by Renato Botelho almost 2 years ago

  • Assignee deleted (Renato Botelho)
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