I hate it when I find a problem in a forum that matches my problem but no replies. So I will update this with the information I have found.
First of all the Benelix LiveCD uses a different version of ZFS, hence why it was having so much trouble trying to import the zpool from the other machine. I have now successfully moved my zpool between different OS installs. I think that the important thing is to no reinstall onto a drive ID that is part of the original zpool. This was where I made the mistake. You have to figure out a way of being able to bring up a system and leave any of the drive IDs that are associated with the zpool either occupied by their proper zpool member disc or left unused. This will then allow you to import the zpool into another install and then change the configuration. So for instance, I had c0d0, c1d0, c2d0 and c3d0. My OS was on a different PATA drive. I can't remember the actual drive ID... so for argument's sake lets call it c1t1d0. When I rebuilt the machine since I was out of SATA port I unplugged the original c3d0 and stuck a new HDD in it's place. THIS WAS MY ERROR... I should've figured out a way that I could bring up the machine and LEAVE c3d0 unused. This would've then allowed me to import the zpool into the new install and then remove c3d0 from the zpool configuration. If anyone wants to chime in with whether any of this is correct I would appreciate it, but in the meantime I hope this might help someone... This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
