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.
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