[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-20 Thread Didier Carlier
My machine was stuck at the same point during boot and I've just been pointed to this: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6923585 Adding the -r to the kernel flags fixed it in my case... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-18 Thread Geoff
I ran "pfexec installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0" again for good measure. Now, when I remove the 1st drive and try to boot from the 2nd, GRUB loads as usual. I edit the boot environment, remove splashimage, background, foreground, and add -k to the kernel to en

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-18 Thread Leslie H Wood
I run that command after I attach the mirror... Not sure if that makes a difference. ...Les Geoff wrote, On 03/18/10 11:52: > Hi Leslie. Yup, this is the command I used before attaching the drive to the > mirror: > > "pfexec installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-18 Thread Geoff
Hi Leslie. Yup, this is the command I used before attaching the drive to the mirror: "pfexec installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c8t1d0s0" -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-18 Thread Leslie H Wood
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2010-03-17 Thread Geoff
Thanks for your thorough research! >My theory is that OpenSolaris was > installed on c8t0d0 at some point and then it was > reinstalled on c8t5d0. Ah, that would make sense. I have reinstalled opensolaris a few times. I thought I was installing on the same drive each time, but apparently this is

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-17 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Geoff wrote: > Hi Giovanni, > > I think I see where you're going with this. I incorrectly assumed that > disk c8t0d0 was my rpool, because it's at the top of the list with the > "format" command. However "zpool status" shows that my rpool is actually > disk c8t5

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-17 Thread Leslie H Wood
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2010-03-17 Thread Geoff
Hi Giovanni, I think I see where you're going with this. I incorrectly assumed that disk c8t0d0 was my rpool, because it's at the top of the list with the "format" command. However "zpool status" shows that my rpool is actually disk c8t5d0. But then why, when I try to format c8t0d0, does it

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-17 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Geoff wrote: > I'm trying to create a mirror of my root drive, but I get this error when > trying to attach the 2nd drive: "cannot attach c8t1d0s0 to c8t0d0s0: no such > device in pool". Does anyone know where my mistake could be? I followed > this guide here: >

[osol-help] Trouble creating a root mirror

2010-03-16 Thread Geoff
I'm trying to create a mirror of my root drive, but I get this error when trying to attach the 2nd drive: "cannot attach c8t1d0s0 to c8t0d0s0: no such device in pool". Does anyone know where my mistake could be? I followed this guide here: http://darkstar-solaris.blogspot.com/2008/09/zfs-root-