Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:00:47 +0000 (GMT) From: "Mark Powell" <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk> Cc: Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unable to boot ZFS with gptzfsboot from an exported zpool Message-ID: <20090327135752.L66387@rust.salford.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090327135218.S66387@rust.salford.ac.uk> References: <49CB7BC8.1010905@h3q.com> <49CBD785.8050202@h3q.com> <20090327135218.S66387@rust.salford.ac.uk>
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Mark Powell wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Philipp Wuensche wrote: > >> So it is wanted not to boot from an exported zpool? Why is that so? > > I'm not sure 'why'. Perhaps, something to do with why the -f flag exists to zpool import. Actually, this is one of the reasons why I may well just stick with UFS for root. I was hit by this problem a few times whilst experimenting with zfsroot. I don't want to ever pull out that DVD again! :) Cheers. -- Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - The University of Salford Information & Learning Services, Clifford Whitworth Building, Salford University, Manchester, M5 4WT, UK. Tel: +44 161 295 6843 Fax: +44 161 295 5888 www.pgp.com for PGP key
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