On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:54:05PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:06:15PM +0100, Dick Davies wrote: > > On 12/10/06, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:49:48PM -0700, Matthew Ahrens wrote: > > > > >> FYI, /etc/zfs/zpool.cache just tells us what pools to open when you boot > > >> up. Everything else (mountpoints, filesystems, etc) is stored in the > > >> pool itself. > > > > > >What happens if the file does not exist? Are the devices searched for > > >metadata? > > > > My understanding (I'll be delighted if I'm wrong) is that you would be > > stuffed. > > > > I'd expect: > > > > zpool import -f > > > > (see the manpage) > > to probe /dev/dsk/ and rebuild the zpool.cache file, > > but my understanding is that this a) doesn't work yet or b) does > > horrible things to your chances of surviving a reboot [0]. > > So how do I import a pool created on a different host for the first > time?
Never mind, Mark just answered that.
Ceri
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