On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:06:15PM +0100, Dick Davies wrote: > On 12/10/06, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:49:48PM -0700, Matthew Ahrens wrote: > > >> FYI, /etc/zfs/zpool.cache just tells us what pools to open when you boot > >> up. Everything else (mountpoints, filesystems, etc) is stored in the > >> pool itself. > > > >What happens if the file does not exist? Are the devices searched for > >metadata? > > My understanding (I'll be delighted if I'm wrong) is that you would be > stuffed. > > I'd expect: > > zpool import -f > > (see the manpage) > to probe /dev/dsk/ and rebuild the zpool.cache file, > but my understanding is that this a) doesn't work yet or b) does > horrible things to your chances of surviving a reboot [0].
So how do I import a pool created on a different host for the first
time?
Ceri
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