Rob McMahon wrote:
> Evan Layton wrote:
>> Can you set BE_PRINT_ERR to see if we can get a bit more information 
>> on what going on here? (export BE_PRINT_ERR=true)
>> It would also be helpful to see what "zpool status" shows as well as 
>> what's in menu.lst
>>
>>
>  > env BE_PRINT_ERR=true beadm activate opensolaris-7
> set_bootfs: failed to set bootfs property for pool rpool: property 
> 'bootfs' not supported on EFI labeled devices
> be_activate: failed to set bootfs pool property for rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-7
> beadm: Unable to activate opensolaris-7
>  >
> 
> Ah-ha.  I remember something about this.  But why was it supported up 
> until 94, but no longer in 95 ?  What was the change ?  

There was a ZFS change in 95 that explicitly makes a check now
and does not allow the bootfs property to be set on an EFI labeled
disks.  I don't have the bugID handy though.


I certainly
> haven't been round relabeling any disks, and it's been working fine up 
> until now.
> 
>  > zpool status
>   pool: rpool
>  state: ONLINE
>  scrub: none requested
> config:
> 
>     NAME          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
>     rpool         ONLINE       0     0     0
>       mirror      ONLINE       0     0     0
>         c5t0d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
>         c5t1d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
> 
> errors: No known data errors
>  >
> 
> Looks happy enough.  Can I detach half the mirror, re-label, re-attach, 
> resilver, and repeat ?  Or will this restriction be removed in the near 
> future ?  This is my desktop machine, so it's not the end of the world 
> if I trash it, but I'd rather not, and I'd also rather keep looking at 
> new updates.

Make sure you look at Dan Price's email on indiana-discuss with
subject "beadm list".  I can't seem to find that thread on the
jive forum.



thanks,
-ethan
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