After doing that, this is what we see: panic[cpu0]/thread=fffffffffbc257a0: cannot mount root path /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/ pci8086,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci8086,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1028,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f
fffffffffbc46790 genunix: rootconf+112 () fffffffffbc467e0 genunix:vfs_mountroot +65 () fffffffffbc46810 genunix:main+ce () fffffffffbc46820 unix:_locore_start+92 () panic: entering debugger /rootpool/rootfs/etc/zfs/zpool.cache was last updated dec 13 at 15:25 and has a size of 3880 bytes if we boot off the DVD (snv 77) /etc/zfs/zpool.cache has a size of 1604 On Dec 18, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Jason King wrote: > Edit the kernel$ line and add '-k' at the end. That should drop you > into the kernel debugger after the panic (typing '$q' will exit the > debugger, and resume whatever it was doing -- in this case likely > rebooting). > > > On Dec 18, 2007 6:26 PM, Michael Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Michael Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: December 18, 2007 6:15:12 PM CST >> To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> Subject: zfs boot suddenly not working >> >> We have a machine that is configured with zfs boot , Nevada v67- we >> have >> two pools, rootpool and datapool. It has been working ok since >> June. Today >> it kernel panicked and now when we try to boot it up, it gets to >> the grub >> screen, we select ZFS, and then there is a kernel panic that >> flashes by too >> quickly for us to see and then it reboots. >> >> If we boot to a nevada v77 DVD and if we boot to that, we can do a >> zpool >> import and mount the zfs pools successfully. We scrubbed them and >> didn't >> find any errors. From the nevada v77 DVD we can see everything ok. >> >> Here is our grub menu.lst >> >> title Solaris ZFS snv_67 X86 >> kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS >> module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive >> >> First of all, is there a way to slow down that kernel panic so that >> we can >> see what it is? Also, we suspect that maybe /platform/i86pm/ >> boot_archive >> might have been damaged. Is there a way to regenerate it? >> -- >> Michael Hale >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Hale >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.gift-culture.org >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> >> -- Michael Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gift-culture.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
