From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 16:40:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A74AF1065675 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:40:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwboyer@mac.com) Received: from nk11p99mm-asmtpout007.mac.com (nk11p99mm-asmtpout007.mac.com [17.158.233.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887428FC16 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:40:32 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Received: from [192.168.10.132] ([38.102.16.155]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp997.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-23.01(7.0.4.23.0) 64bit (built Aug 10 2011)) with ESMTPSA id <0LXW00BIJGZ01H10@nk11p03mm-asmtp997.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:40:14 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.5.7110,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-01-16_03:2012-01-16, 2012-01-16, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1201160166 From: Robert Boyer Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_CAC293BD-4CA8-46B9-9C7A-FCFFEA228EFC"; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:40:11 -0500 In-reply-to: To: FreeBSD Questions References: Message-id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: How to destroy a zombie zpool X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:40:32 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_CAC293BD-4CA8-46B9-9C7A-FCFFEA228EFC Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii most likely a ifs "label" on the disk from before that you need to get = rid of before doing the install. RB On Jan 16, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Daniel Staal wrote: >=20 > I've got a weird problem... I was working on installing 9.0 w/zfs on = my laptop, messed up, rebooted, *formatted the drives* and restarted. = Got much further the next time, however... >=20 > There is a zombie copy of the old zpool sitting around interfering = with things. 'zpool import' lists it, but it can't import it because = the disks don't actually exist. 'zpool destroy' can't delete it, = because it's not imported. ('No such pool') Any ideas on how to get = rid of it? >=20 > Daniel T. Staal >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Apple-Mail=_CAC293BD-4CA8-46B9-9C7A-FCFFEA228EFC--