On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:06 AM, Nik Masloff wrote:
> Hi, I have root HOMEDIR pointing to  [b]/root[/b] , and zfs filesystem 
> created - [b]rpool/roothome -> /root[/b]; but while loading the system, I`m 
> seeing that [b]cannot mount `rpool/roothome`: mountpoint or dataset is 
> busy[/b].

If there is a process owned by root, then the mountpoint will be busy
because /root is root's home directory.

> 
> I`f i`ll set the mountpoint to something else, like /export/home/root - 
> mounting works like a charm...
> 
> what could be the issue?

I'm sure it is either the chicken or the egg which is the root cause :-)
 -- richard

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