Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-09-02 Thread Maurizio Vairani
On 30/08/2013 12.46, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 30/08/2013 13:37 Andriy Gapon said the following: on 30/08/2013 00:38 Charles Sprickman said the following: If one is willing to accept that data is lost (like the log device is totally smoked), is there a way to boot knowing that you may have some d

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-30 Thread Maurizio Vairani
On 30/08/2013 13.45, Ronald Klop wrote: On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:58:29 +0200, Johan Hendriks wrote: Maurizio Vairani wrote: On 29/08/2013 11.01, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 29/08/2013 11:27 Maurizio Vairani said the following: I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-30 Thread Ronald Klop
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:58:29 +0200, Johan Hendriks wrote: Maurizio Vairani wrote: On 29/08/2013 11.01, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 29/08/2013 11:27 Maurizio Vairani said the following: I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log device. Why ? The log could potentially

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-30 Thread Johan Hendriks
Maurizio Vairani wrote: On 29/08/2013 11.01, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 29/08/2013 11:27 Maurizio Vairani said the following: I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log device. Why ? The log could potentially contain uncommitted entries. Without the log device there is

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-30 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 30/08/2013 13:37 Andriy Gapon said the following: > on 30/08/2013 00:38 Charles Sprickman said the following: >> If one is willing to accept that data is lost (like the log device is >> totally smoked), is there a way to boot knowing that you may have some data >> loss, or is the only option t

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-30 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 30/08/2013 00:38 Charles Sprickman said the following: > If one is willing to accept that data is lost (like the log device is totally > smoked), is there a way to boot knowing that you may have some data loss, or > is the only option to boot alternate media and force a pool import (assuming

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-30 Thread Maurizio Vairani
On 29/08/2013 11.01, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 29/08/2013 11:27 Maurizio Vairani said the following: I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log device. Why ? The log could potentially contain uncommitted entries. Without the log device there is no knowing if it did or

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-29 Thread Charles Sprickman
On Aug 29, 2013, at 5:01 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 29/08/2013 11:27 Maurizio Vairani said the following: >> >> I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log >> device. Why ? > > The log could potentially contain uncommitted entries. Without the log device > there is

Re: Boot problem if a ZFS log device is missing

2013-08-29 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 29/08/2013 11:27 Maurizio Vairani said the following: > > I am able to boot the PC without a cache device but not without a log device. > Why ? The log could potentially contain uncommitted entries. Without the log device there is no knowing if it did or did not. And if it did then the pool