Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 10:32:36 +0200 From: Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com> To: Romain Garbage <romain.garbage@gmail.com> Cc: jail@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old jail dir reappears after reboot - why? Message-ID: <CAMkeL%2B5%2B=7rcKsUYmeh0p=EoU-ME9bMXruX9Aruv0MCNnd6YSA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAL5Kp4f7gQjQFneAA1LpBSNXR4Y0H19VyuD%2BEo0fazv6H_Owgg@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTik5KXGqT2korm0sKtq_Qy5X6B_neA@mail.gmail.com> <CAMkeL%2B4USF2iai0TpxcJ%2BkkD-XK3p-Sw%2BmZypqJvzxUxd=R_-g@mail.gmail.com> <4E53A532.7080801@FreeBSD.org> <CAMkeL%2B5AyvCaAZUg1y4c7Kqu9n4Aue-nQHdk6qTyF6yMEXo%2BUw@mail.gmail.com> <4E5FB953.5020001@FreeBSD.org> <CAMkeL%2B7WMMUvTaGCgdE3CqjPFRKM=yGGJY9x6%2BzngEGPSkAL6w@mail.gmail.com> <CAL5Kp4eL8G5WEdgTcbf9UB0xkMjHx-724QUVtBjoNk5i_G3bUQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAMkeL%2B6BoA0WR-rCUQu1xCbbJngOYUJm-28z85EFKR8BYsEWQA@mail.gmail.com> <4E5FCFA7.8090003@FreeBSD.org> <CAMkeL%2B7DzqeeP=p%2BeVLa2EN2B5iB5UV5G62tFyRJeEuv6ta9FQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E5FE052.1070905@gmail.com> <CAMkeL%2B7K53GWB6iC92t4agFSWErk=GK8RP4OvYBBKrSn_QuQUw@mail.gmail.com> <4E5FE244.20700@gmail.com> <CAMkeL%2B5hPEG6k-e=wdY=Jw4pt9Tcx4KUrMRdMQoffSwufzWgDQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAL5Kp4f7gQjQFneAA1LpBSNXR4Y0H19VyuD%2BEo0fazv6H_Owgg@mail.gmail.com>
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No need for more output gentlemen - zfs destroy pool/dataset indeed fixed the problem! Thank you all so much! Have a great weekend! --Redd On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Romain Garbage <romain.garbage@gmail.com>wrote: > 2011/9/1 Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com>: > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Do you need the data within /jail anymore? I sent another followup on > >> how to set the 'mounted' property to 'no'. > >> > >> In either case, the following will unmount the dataset: > >> > >> zfs umount pool/dataset > >> > >> Or if you're absolutely certain you will not need the data within that > >> dataset, you could do: > >> > >> zfs destroy pool/dataset > >> > >> Of course, replace 'pool' with the zfs pool, and 'dataset' with the name > >> of the dataset you wish to remove (in this case, 'jail'). > >> > >> zfs(1M) has all (most) of the available commands available. > >> > >> > > Sounds great man! No, I do not need the data in /jail. I must have > deleted > > that directory a 100 times already. > > > > Exactly what is my zfs pool though? Got to be extremely careful it does > not > > also delete my /jails dir - where my life's work currently resides :-) > > Zfs is a file system but it also contains a volume manager. The pool > is kind of the logical volume in which you have your logical > filesystems (called datasets in zfs) > > Could you provide the output of the `zpool status` command? > > Actually, the command to destroy your pool would be `zpool destroy > jail`, as the zfs command applies to datasets. > > > Thanks for all your help guys. Glad we've finally come to what seems like > a > > closure! > > > > Redd > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-jail@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-jail > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-jail-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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