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Subject: Re: unable to boot ZFS with gptzfsboot from an exported zpool
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Philipp Wuensche wrote:

> Maybe FreeBSD should try to import the zpool before trying to mount the
> rootfs?

I must admit that I too expected the behaviour that you request. To try an 
'import' that is, not an 'import -f'.
   That would certainly make FreeBSD:

1. Easier to boot from ZFS.

2. Divergent from Opensolaris.

3. Possibly import the wrong pool.

   Cheers.

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