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Date:      Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:55:50 +0100
From:      Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com>
To:        krad <kraduk@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Overwrite ZFS zpool bootfs property during boot
Message-ID:  <4B41F366.4060509@h3q.com>
In-Reply-To: <d36406631001031425r48d5bcb0y7dd8687f35af04a5@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4B40BB5E.9080600@h3q.com> <d36406631001031425r48d5bcb0y7dd8687f35af04a5@mail.gmail.com>

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krad wrote:
> 
> You can reset vfs.root.mountfrom from the loader prompt. However that
> wont help if the fs it totally hosed. The only way i know if to boot in
> on another live os and reset the propery

It also will not help if the zpool.cache or kernel is hosed. :-/

My idea would be a menu in the loader where you could select a
zfs-dataset from which to boot.

greetings,
philipp





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