Re: [zfs-discuss] import zpool error if use loop device as vdev

2007-09-19 Thread Bill Moore
Also, there is no need to go through lofi. You can directly add files to a zpool: # mkfile -v 100m /var/tmp/disk1 # mkfile -v 100m /var/tmp/disk2 # zpool create pool_1and2 /var/tmp/disk1 /var/tmp/disk2 I do this in demos all the time, and it's quite handy. And as George pointed out,

Re: [zfs-discuss] import zpool error if use loop device as vdev

2007-09-18 Thread George Wilson
By default, 'zpool import' looks only in /dev/dsk. Since you are using /dev/lofi you will need to use 'zpool import -d /dev/lofi' to import your pool. Thanks, George sunnie wrote: > Hey, guys > I just do the test for use loop device as vdev for zpool > Procedures as followings: > 1) mkfi

[zfs-discuss] import zpool error if use loop device as vdev

2007-09-18 Thread sunnie
Hey, guys I just do the test for use loop device as vdev for zpool Procedures as followings: 1) mkfile -v 100m disk1 mkfile -v 100m disk2 2) lofiadm -a disk1 /dev/lofi lofiadm -a disk2 /dev/lofi 3) zpool create pool_1and2 /dev/lofi/1 and /dev/lofi/2 4) zpool export pool_1and