From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 14:46:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7234799 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x231.google.com (mail-yh0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7001FD0A for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f49.google.com with SMTP id t59so7245067yho.36 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:46:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=+6G+GZ87X8v3a8YGg+Ezycd+g0XgyLJemlRRGJlZYAM=; b=gfyexBuzlDwsguczeb53nBduU79SzKYvOyCvEOCyiB22yrb3Ch6xlbhEBy9k7+m4Ec TZGRxnogSL/7gG1yyhXP9aqfG+qU0JsivmOJuIpxKkzLIFWu8DKf6lOZ15ZK46hehqCE ksoNvZZWE/6IXMgtGPvq+ngS0Nf8oMJECXRaFg9tm5w66IAs3myHnO6vuTP6/8lsVR7l R5T1qxmRpVA6kFK2bUY8a6b0meGZeWiX76SnCpYsyvREZFTM9G8d9OYdOQFcVtTnMKr5 HcNWt/gOdqjja1n1UEwZoVSnbhcqfCbeDsbDgOazeMspRtjYNOKC2nmsKTkJkuD0uUDm 4OZg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.170.151.137 with SMTP id s131mr39619161ykc.91.1415112387573; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:46:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.170.156.139 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 06:46:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <889081AC-3AD0-403A-82E8-98CCF79F9CC8@gmail.com> References: <889081AC-3AD0-403A-82E8-98CCF79F9CC8@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:46:27 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ZFS Root Mount Failure From: krad To: Stephen R Guglielmo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Erik Gustafson , FreeBSD Mailing list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:46:28 -0000 check you the file system you have the hosts the vdi files hasnt filled up. If it has it can often send the disk into read only mode. Ive had this happen a few times on my test rig On 3 November 2014 19:05, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > > > On October 29, 2014 4:49:55 AM EDT, Erik Gustafson < > gustafson.erik@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo > > >> wrote: > > > >> Hey list, > >> > >> I have a machine running ZFS on root. It stopped responding this > >morning, > >> and upon a reboot, it was unable to mount root from zfs:zroot. It > >gave the > >> explanation of "error 5." > >> > >> I played with the mount prompt briefly, but didn't get anywhere. Any > >tips > >> for diagnosing and fixing the problem? > >> > > > >I had a similar issue recently. Error 5 on mount root. This was in > >virtaulbox after some sort of unexpected shutdown. > >To resolve i first made a snapshot in virtualbox > >booted from freebsd-disc1.iso (install dvd) > >zpool import > >reboot (and boot from zroot) > >zpool scrub > > > >zpool scrub said that i was going to loose some recently written data > >(generated by nightly poudrire build) > >I don't remember all, probably I needed some parameter to zpool import > >but > >all error messages were helpful it was quite easy to get it working > >again. > > > >Good luck and don't forget the backup/snapshot > > Erik, > > Thanks for the help! I was able to boot from a FreeBSD 10 CD. I got into > the LiveCD shell and imported the zpool with no problems. It said my 4 > disks were online. I then rebooted, however I got the same error at the > mountroot prompt: "Mounting from zfs:zroot failed with error 5." > > I'll try to play a bit more, maybe scrubbing it or something from the > livecd. > > Thanks, > Steve > _______________________________________________ > 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" >