Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07:> Hi! > >> I was requested to install FreeBSD 11.3 on a new Dell machine with only 2 >> NVME drives in ZFS mirror. The problem is that installer does not see the >> drives. Are there any special procedure to use NVME drives for >> installation a later for booting? > > I use 2 NVMe drives as zfs mirror to boot from on my testbox, > but it runs CURRENT, since approx. November 2018. > > So maybe try it with 12.1 ? I know, that does not help if you are asked > to install 11.3, but at least it gives you an idea... >I tried 12.1 few minutes ago but the result is the same - no NVME drives listed. Should I try something with kernel modules, some sysctl tweaks? Should I try UEFI boot? (I never did) Kind regards Miroslav Lachman
On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote:> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: >> Hi! >> >>> I was requested to install FreeBSD 11.3 on a new Dell machine with >>> only 2 >>> NVME drives in ZFS mirror. The problem is that installer does not >>> see the >>> drives. Are there any special procedure to use NVME drives for >>> installation a later for booting? >> >> I use 2 NVMe drives as zfs mirror to boot from on my testbox, >> but it runs CURRENT, since approx. November 2018. >> >> So maybe try it with 12.1 ? I know, that does not help if you are asked >> to install 11.3, but at least it gives you an idea... >> > > I tried 12.1 few minutes ago but the result is the same - no NVME > drives listed. > Should I try something with kernel modules, some sysctl tweaks? > Should I try UEFI boot? (I never did) >I would try booting via UEFI if you can.? I just installed a laptop yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 12-STABLE snapshot I used to boot from.? no other modifications were necessary on my end. -pete -- Pete Wright pete at nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
On 2020-04-16 11:12, Miroslav Lachman wrote:> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: >> Hi! >> >>> I was requested to install FreeBSD 11.3 on a new Dell machine with >>> only 2 >>> NVME drives in ZFS mirror. The problem is that installer does not see >>> the >>> drives. Are there any special procedure to use NVME drives for >>> installation a later for booting? >> >> I use 2 NVMe drives as zfs mirror to boot from on my testbox, >> but it runs CURRENT, since approx. November 2018. >> >> So maybe try it with 12.1 ? I know, that does not help if you are asked >> to install 11.3, but at least it gives you an idea... >> > > I tried 12.1 few minutes ago but the result is the same - no NVME drives > listed. > Should I try something with kernel modules, some sysctl tweaks? > Should I try UEFI boot? (I never did)Make sure the UEFI BIOS can see them and enable dual-mode or UEFI-only boot. IIRC I couldn't legacy boot from the NVME drives. My home and work servers have UEFI-boot gptzfsboot/root-on-zfs NVME drives that initially started with 11.2 and now run 12.1.