Bug #7308
ZFS installer - check storage capabilities
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Description
ZFS installer fails on the SG-2220 due to the small size of the internal storage (4 GB). The default swap size in ZFS is 2G but reducing this still results in a failure. The install appears to go through properly but after a reboot we get this error:
Mounting from zfs:zroot/ROOT/default failed with error 5. Loader variables: vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:zroot/ROOT/default Manual root filesystem specification: <fstype>:<device> [options] Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> and with the specified (optional) option list. eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a zfs:tank cd9660:/dev/cd0 ro (which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0 /) ? List valid disk boot devices . Yield 1 second (for background tasks) <empty line> Abort manual input mountroot> da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 panic: mountroot: unable to (re-)mount root. cpuid = 1 KDB: enter: panic [ thread pid 1 tid 100002 ] Stopped at kdb_enter+0x3b: movq $0,kdb_why db>
The installer should check storage and memory capabilities to ensure ZFS isn't installed on a system with insufficient storage/memory requirements. The user should be alerted if the minimum size is not met. Documentation should be updated to reflect this.
Per Renato, this likely affects FreeBSD stock.
History
#1
Updated by Jim Thompson about 4 years ago
- Assignee set to Renato Botelho
#2
Updated by Jim Thompson over 3 years ago
- Target version set to 2.4.3
#3
Updated by Renato Botelho about 3 years ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Changed installer to request more space to install on ZFS
#4
Updated by Anonymous about 3 years ago
- File 24-02-2018_23_30_34.png 24-02-2018_23_30_34.png added
Tested with pfSense-CE-2.4.3-DEVELOPMENT-amd64-20180224-1921.iso and got the attached error with 2G memory, 4G storage and dual core CPU when selecting ZFS installer default options.
#5
Updated by Renato Botelho about 3 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
#6
Updated by Christoph Filnkößl over 2 years ago
error is still there for me on SG-2220 with 2.4.4 CE
Even when I reduce the swap to 0.