Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:27:28 +0200 From: Maurizio Vairani <maurizio.vairani@cloverinformatica.it> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing Message-ID: <521F05F0.4090607@cloverinformatica.it>
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Hi all, I am using an USB memory stick as cache and log devices for a HDD ZFS pool named tank0: $ zpool status -v tank0 pool: tank0 state: ONLINE scan: scrub repaired 0 in 7h19m with 0 errors on Tue Jul 30 06:11:23 2013 config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM tank0 ONLINE 0 0 0 ada0s1d ONLINE 0 0 0 logs gpt/SLOG ONLINE 0 0 0 cache gpt/L2ARC ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors If I remove the stick before booting the laptop (a Compaq Presario) it will not boot with the error message: "Mounting from zfs:tank0 failed with error 6" end the mountroot> prompt is displayed. I need to reinsert the stick to completing the boot process before restarting the laptop. It is possible to boots the laptop without stick if I remove the log device with the command: # zpool remove tank0 gpt/SLOG before switching it off. The pool will works in degraded mode because the cache device is missing, but it works. I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log device. Why ? The laptop is updated to 9.2-PRERELEASE r254783. Regards Maurizio
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