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Date:      Sat, 27 Aug 2016 14:04:11 +0000
From:      Magnus Ahriman <magnus.ahriman@gmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How do I mount another system's zfs root partition on new system?
Message-ID:  <CAM4nNt-VevT2d7cyq05kEqDaAFq8BBuJBR%2BP6%2Bgn-gQu=FYBXg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3cf460d4-9ebc-c473-a369-5b30f498176d@ohlste.in>
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Thanks! I managed to RTFM and google the question, but the disk seems
broken as it only shows bootpool as available for import.

On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 3:44 PM Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On 08/27/2016 06:50 AM, Magnus Ahriman wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently installed a new system due to disk- and other problems.
> Now I
> > want to mount the old system's zfs root on my new system (under a
> different
> > path/not as actual root).
> >
> > What are the actual steps/commands to mount the old zfsroot under a
> > mountpoint in my new system?
>
> # zpool import -o altroot=/mnt oldzpool
>
> > The root partition was encrypted, will I be asked to enter password upon
> > mounting it?
>
> I would think so.
>
> --
> Jim Ohlstein
>



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