[FreeBSD] zfs: out of temporary buffer space

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system: FreeBSD v13.0-p7

reason: the bootloader is broken (e.g. after update)

solution: reinstall the bootloader(s) to your boot disk(s)

example: zroot (2-disk zfs-mirror with GPT partition tables)

  • download a bootable FreeBSD-Image
    (e.g. FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img)
  • copy the image-file to a USB-stick (attention: all data on the stick will be erased)
    dd if=<download-folder>/FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/<usbstick-device-file>
  • boot from the USB-stick and select “console”
    (notice: the memstick-image is able to boot in BIOS or in UEFI mode)
  • find out the devicenames and boot partition number from your boot-disks
    gpart show
    (the partition named “freebsd-boot” is the boot partition on every disk)
  • reinstall the pMBR and GPT ZFS bootloader (for every booting disk)
    gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i <boot-partition-number> <devicename>
    (e.g. gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada0)
    (e.g. gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ada1)
  • reboot

used sources:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror#Creating_a_bootable_ZFS_Filesystem
https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS