From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 08:31:51 2012 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 369C3106566B for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antonintessier@live.fr) Received: from dub0-omc4-s27.dub0.hotmail.com (dub0-omc4-s27.dub0.hotmail.com [157.55.2.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21708FC0A for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:31:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from DUB109-W39 ([157.55.2.72]) by dub0-omc4-s27.dub0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:27:27 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [93.182.219.16] From: antonin tessier To: Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:27:27 +0200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20120827010606.GA57096@neutralgood.org> References: , <20120827010606.GA57096@neutralgood.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Aug 2012 08:27:27.0694 (UTC) FILETIME=[CAF326E0:01CD842D] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: RE: Recover ZFS pool after having deleted zfs configuration file in /boot 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: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:31:51 -0000 > You can try to '-f' import the pool if you are _sure_ that all disks > are connected. I suggest a read-only import to start with. But the > documentation implies that zpool import should tell you when it has > run into this case=2C and if I understand correctly then you are saying > this isn't what is happening. # zpool import -f tells me: "cannot import 'home': a pool with that name is= already created/imported=2C and no additional pools with that name were found" > Also make sure you aren't mixing up the mount point with the pool name. > The path "/usr/home" is a mount point. I don't recall if you've given > the name of the pool yet or not. My pool is known as "home". Even if I mounted the "created pool"=2C /usr/ho= me keeps empty... Regards. =