From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 23:59:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FA1E106568D for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:59:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: from smtp.ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F0D08FC0C for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 78693 invoked by uid 89); 11 Jan 2010 23:58:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?IPv6:2607:f118:2:8000:7545:95ed:ebbb:16da?) (steve@ibctech.ca@2607:f118:2:8000:7545:95ed:ebbb:16da) by 2607:f118::b6 with ESMTPA; 11 Jan 2010 23:58:56 -0000 Message-ID: <4B4BBB4F.5020805@ibctech.ca> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:59:11 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "questions@freebsd.org" X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Can't mountroot from ZFS pool X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:59:24 -0000 All, I've successfully upgraded the disks in my ZFS backup server, and can import/mount the pool properly. However, I designed this box originally so that it mounts / from zfs:storage after booting from a USB stick. After the upgrade of the disks, I'm stuck at a mountroot prompt when I attempt to boot the system with the original USB /boot key. Can someone inform me how to find the / filesystem at the mountroot prompt? If not, is there *any* way to boot the system normally from another medium, and then 'reload' the system with the ZFS / after its been mounted so that the system functions as designed (ie. cron works etc)? Steve