Thank you all for the replies. I'll try the suggested solutions.
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Peter
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Roberto Waltman wrote:
> Cindy Swearingen wrote:
>
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>> We don't yet have an easy way to clear a disk label, ...
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>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=... on the 1st and last 10% (roughly) of the di
Cindy Swearingen wrote:
We don't yet have an easy way to clear a disk label, ...
dd if=/dev/zero of=... on the 1st and last 10% (roughly) of the disk
has worked fine for me.
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This might help, too:
http://constantin.glez.de/blog/2011/03/how-set-zfs-root-pool-mirror-oracle-solaris-11-express
On Apr 12, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Cindy Swearingen wrote:
> Actually, since I answer the root pool partitioning questions
> at least 52 times per year, I provided the steps for clea
hi
by default the disk partition s2 cover the whole disk
this is fine for ufs for LONG time.
Now zfs does not like this overlap so you just need to run format then
delete s2
or use s2 and delete all other partitions
(by default when you run format/fdisk it create s2 whole disk and s7
for boo
Actually, since I answer the root pool partitioning questions
at least 52 times per year, I provided the steps for clearing
the existing partitions in step 9, here:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23823_01/html/817-5093/disksxadd-2.html#disksxadd-40
How to Create a Disk Slice for a ZFS Root File Syst
Hi Peter,
The root pool disk labeling/partitioning is not so easy.
I don't know which OpenIndiana release this is but in a previous
Solaris release we had a bug that caused the error message below
and the workaround is exactly what you did, use the -f option.
We don't yet have an easy way to cl
Hi,
I was following the instructions in ZFS Troubleshooting Guide on how to
replace a disk in the root pool on x86 system. I'm using OpenIndiana, ZFS
pool v.28 with mirrored system rpool. The replacement disk is brand new.
root:~# zpool status
pool: rpool
state: DEGRADED
status: One or more de
