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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.

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