> Hi,
> 
> The problem is that the device paths have changed
>  because you used 
> different motherboard. ideally use an identical
>  motherboard instead of 
> different one. If not, short answer is there is no
>  easy way to fix 
> verything. but you can recover most of the stuff by
> doing the 
> following:
> 
> 1. zpool import/export -  This will fix the disk
> containing zpool changing 
> paths
> 2. fixup /etc/path to inst - need to do it manually
> 3. fix up /dev and /devices - need to do it manually
> 
> This whole process is time consuming and laborious.
> 
> There is a project in the works to make this work
> easier, but it is still
> in the implementation stage.
> 
> Vikram

The big one is to stop the kernel choking when it tries to remount the root 
filesystem. The kernel needs the ability to use the pool's GUID to find it, 
rather than relying on the device path.

Cheers

Andrew.

> 
> On Wednesday 17 March 2010 03:00:49 Frank Lahm wrote:
> > 2010/3/17 Alexander Eremin <ere...@milax.org>:
> > > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 10:19 +0100, Frank Lahm
> wrote:
> > >> Hi list,
> > >>
> > >> I've got a snv_133 machine that won't boot after
> replacing the
> > >> motherboard and cpu. Asking for advice before
> doing the 
> replacement
> > >> didn't give anything [1], so I went ahead and
> tempted fate. Of 
> course
> > >> it won't boot now, I only get as far as:
> > >>
> > >>    <http://www.rsrc.de/tmp/boot.jpg>
> > >>
> > >> and then the machine reboots.
> > >>
> > >> Iow grub comes up ok, I can select different
> boot environments, 
> the
> > >> initial boot message correctly reflects the
> chosen snv_* version 
> from
> > >> the boot env.
> > >> Booting from 2009.06 live-CD works fine, so the
> hardware is 
> basically
> > >> ok.
> > >>
> > >> Any advice on how to go on ? Thanks!
> > >
> > > Probably need to boot from CD, import pool,
> > 
> > Afair I'll have to force zpool to import not prior
> exported pools.
> > 
> > >rebuild /devices and recreate boot archive.
> > 
> > ...some more hints on how to accomplish this would
> be highly
> > appreciated. bootadm update-archive -R ? Also, how
> to rebuild 
> /devices
> > ? devfsadm?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > -Frank
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