On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 03:52:46AM -0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: > This might sound sooo simple, but it isn't. I read the ZFS Administration > Guide and it did not give an answer; at least no simple answer, simple enough > for me to understand. > The intention is to follow the thread "Easiest way to replace a boot disk > with a larger one". > The command given would be > zpool attach rpool /dev/dsk/c1d0s0 /dev/dsk/c2d0s0 > as far as I understand in my case. What it says is "cannot open > '/dev/dsk/c2d0s0': No such device or address". format shows that the > partition exists:
The problem is that fdisk partitions are not the same as Solaris partitions. The admin guide refers to a Solaris partition. For Solaris 10 x86, this has to be created inside an fdisk partition. > # format > Searching for disks...done > AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: > 0. c1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 17020 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> > /p...@0,0/pci-...@9/i...@0/c...@0,0 > 1. c2d0 <DEFAULT cyl 10442 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126> > /p...@0,0/pci-...@9/i...@1/c...@0,0 > Specify disk (enter its number): 1 > selecting c2d0 > Controller working list found > [disk formatted, defect list found] > FORMAT MENU: > [...] > Total disk size is 38912 cylinders > Cylinder size is 32130 (512 byte) blocks > > Cylinders > Partition Status Type Start End Length % > ========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== === > 1 Linux native 0 19 20 0 > 2 Solaris2 19 10462 10444 27 > 3 Other OS 10463 13074 2612 7 > 4 EXT-DOS 13075 38912 25838 66 These are fdisk partitions. > To my understanding, there is no need to format before using a file system in > ZFS. > The "Creating a Basic ZFS File System" is not clear to me. The first (and > only) command it offers, creates a mirrored storage of a whole disk; none of > which I intend to do. (I suggested before, to offer a guide as well > containing all the *basic* commands.) I wonder if I really need to use > format->partition first to create slice s0 in that second (DOS)partition of > c2d0 before ZFS can use it? The Solaris `format' command is use to create Solaris partitions, and the label that describes them. For a ZFS root pool, you have to use a Solaris label, and a partition (slice). This was slice 0 in your example. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
