I have a USB flash drive which boots up my
opensolaris install. What happens is that whenever
I
move to a different machine,
the root pool is lost because the devids don't
match
with what's in /etc/zfs/zpool.cache and the system
just can't find the rpool.
See defect 4755 or defect
Actually, I figured it has nothing to do with /etc/zfs/zpool.cache. As part of
removing that file within a LiveCD, I was basically importing and exporting the
rpool.
So, the only thing required is an equivalent of 'zpool import -f rpool zpool
export rpool'. I wonder why this can't be
I have a USB flash drive which boots up my opensolaris install. What happens is
that whenever I move to a different machine,
the root pool is lost because the devids don't match with what's in
/etc/zfs/zpool.cache and the system just can't find the rpool.
Now, if I boot into a livecd, import
On 08/21/10 12:53 PM, devsk wrote:
I have a USB flash drive which boots up my opensolaris install. What happens is
that whenever I move to a different machine,
the root pool is lost because the devids don't match with what's in
/etc/zfs/zpool.cache and the system just can't find the rpool.
Now, if I boot into a livecd, import that rpool,
mount the FS temporarily and remove
/etc/zfs/zpool.cache, and reboot,
the USB drive boots fine.
Exporting and re-importing the pool should have the
same effect.
but how do I do that on the boot pool?
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