From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 15 00:04:02 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C298BF6A52 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "holgerdanske.com", Issuer "holgerdanske.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78F6E7DA37 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 ([99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:TLSv1.2:Kx=ECDH:Au=RSA:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:03:59 -0700 From: David Christensen Subject: FreeBSD 11.0 boot pool created by installer -- how to import and mount using installer? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1fb7f3d1-dfb5-ab75-ab75-12dcc81423ca@holgerdanske.com> Message-ID: <39a436b5-f09e-220b-954d-8ba272fa3101@holgerdanske.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:03:22 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:04:02 -0000 freebsd-questions: I have a FreeBSD 11.0 RELEASE i386 system that I created using the FreeBSD installer (FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img): Partitioning Auto (ZFS) ZFS Configuration Pool Type/Disks Stripe 1 Disk Virtual Device type stripe (device) ada0 Pool Name zroot Force 4K Sectors YES Encrypt Disks YES Partition Scheme MBR (BIOS) Swap Size 2g Mirror Swap NO Encrypt Swap YES Install Proceed with Installation I broke the system by attempting to change the root pool passphrase. I might be able to fix it if I can edit /boot/loader.conf. Booting the FreeBSD installer into multi-user mode and then going to a shell: # zpool list no pools available # zpool import pool: bootpool id: state: ONLINE action: The pool can be imported using its name or numeric identifier. config: bootpool ONLINE ada0s1a ONLINE # zpool import bootpool cannot import 'bootpool': pool may be in use from other system use '-f' to import anyway # zpool import -f bootpool cannot mount '/bootpool': failed to created mountpoint Choosing Live CD produces the same end result. I previously obtained the same end result by booting into single-user mode. How do I import and mount bootpool using the installer that created it? David