From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 26 05:52:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D459F1065670 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:52:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stevenschlansker@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f197.google.com (mail-yw0-f197.google.com [209.85.211.197]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8873D8FC15 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh35 with SMTP id 35so3396605ywh.7 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=FztRAFd2nwPP7erRasm6OGa+MvJ0t/a5msYGkOpuzlE=; b=GLDz1DWMeOBgzSDkYxkLB5MKVd0Cc5o4QWUhCRlLqj/42Zr5GH37m31RU2o502VDCp 3Cn8HeEVhyNU4irqxkCI7P2+ZbpMNTTsKMLEXurySLRKIP6f0uXDEb56043ha6V+tZDY c2ICYAUU/gHb4aSd90IQJWgfmIwSkVeHLTlsA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=MMAhQ3se1lW9r1U8e3IgRlSlemvb9QMGjL0lTKkK7tBShEtuaoj14+5mP7VmxE0+k7 70GcRhvrDzmpPAIu93g74WO9JW8U2tbuXSFMA1MiWA9Flr+NqEeMIAwYUWjisL7dgaDO rDqD2yAXp7wDQB6Mz0dRNCMjwQNJTjCgEINzc= Received: by 10.101.181.32 with SMTP id i32mr902959anp.7.1264485123035; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.42.3? (70-36-134-162.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [70.36.134.162]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 35sm1925503yxh.33.2010.01.25.21.51.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:01 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Steven Schlansker In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:51:22 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <3F785019-DB0E-4385-97EB-7CE69A11647A@gmail.com> <02786740-7076-4C92-89EE-E1EFC2120E33@gmail.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tommi_L=E4tti?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slight zfs problem after playing with WDIDLE3 and WDTLER X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:52:17 -0000 On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Tommi L=E4tti wrote: >> I poked through the code - the problem is that ZFS identifies the = drive >> as valid (due to correct metadata+checksums) and then tries to = assemble the >> array. At some point it checks the size, realizes that the drive is = smaller, >> and rejects the entire array. It isn't smart enough (yet?) to = realize that >> only rejecting the one drive would allow it to be only degraded... >=20 > A nice feature indeed. So I would have been screwed anyway. >=20 > Currently installing opensol on a spare hard-drive for the evening's > recovery attempts. I wonder if the newest opensol dev version is the > way to go (has way newer zfs version, maybe more... options). >=20 > Any hints to offer for the procedure? Just force import the pool and > hope the best? >=20 I used a usb stick from genunix.org, although to install the damn thing = to a USB drive I had to get a solaris VM running to use the usbcopy tool. It was = a fairly recent dev build, but I'd guess the last release might do okay = too... Other than that, it all worked as expected. No particular hangups. Just the usual fifteen minutes of shock at what a wasteland the Solaris userland is... (so many PATH entries! so confusing!)