Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:46:43 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't mountroot from ZFS pool Message-ID: <4B55D3E3.20502@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <d36406631001120316k2457e6f4y77cfaf7835056cb4@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B4BBB4F.5020805@ibctech.ca> <d36406631001120316k2457e6f4y77cfaf7835056cb4@mail.gmail.com>
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krad wrote: > > > 2010/1/11 Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca <mailto:steve@ibctech.ca>> > > All, > > I've successfully upgraded the disks in my ZFS backup server, and can > import/mount the pool properly. > > However, I designed this box originally so that it mounts / from > zfs:storage after booting from a USB stick. > > After the upgrade of the disks, I'm stuck at a mountroot prompt when I > attempt to boot the system with the original USB /boot key. > > Can someone inform me how to find the / filesystem at the mountroot > prompt? If not, is there *any* way to boot the system normally from > another medium, and then 'reload' the system with the ZFS / after its > been mounted so that the system functions as designed (ie. cron > works etc)? > did you export the pool at all before rebooting it? Yes, I did. I just finally got it resolved :) It appears as though by importing the zpool onto another system obsoleted the cache file on the original USB /boot disk. I exported, then imported the pool on the secondary system, then copied the cache file into the /boot/zfs directory on my original boot medium. Things are now working again, and I have all of my new storage and original data in place! Thanks for all the help! Steve
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