Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-22 Thread Antonius
yes, that's exactly what I did. the issue is that I can't get the corrected label to be written once I've zero'd the drive. I get and error from fdisk that apparently views the backup label -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-21 Thread Antonius
you mentioned one, so what do you recomend as a workaround?. I've tried re-initialing the disks on another system's HW RAID controller, but still get the same error. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-21 Thread Antonius
can you recommend a walk-through for this process, or a bit more of a description? I'm not quite sure how I'd use that utility to repair the EFI label -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-20 Thread Antonius
so you're suggesting I buy 750s to replace the 500s. then if a 750 fails buy another bigger drive again? the drives are RMA replacements for the other disks that faulted in the array before. they are the same brand, model and model number, apparently not so under the label though, but no way I

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-19 Thread Antonius
yes, it's the same make and model as most of the other disks in the zpool and reports the same number of sectors -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-18 Thread Antonius
If so what should I do to remedy that? just reformat it? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-17 Thread Antonius
I'm having an issue replacing a failed 500GB disk with another new one with the error that the disk is too small. The problem is that it isn't. Is there any help anyone can offer here? I've tried adding it once set as a spare or seperate from the pool and with different formats and configs all

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-17 Thread Antonius
Volume name = ascii name = SAMSUNG-S0VVJ1CP30539-0001-465.76GB bytes/sector= 512 sectors = 976760063 accessible sectors = 976760030 Part TagFlag First Sector Size Last Sector 0usrwm 256 465.75GB 976743646 1