On Jun 25, 2010, at 4:44 AM, Sean . wrote:
> I've discovered the source of the problem.
>
> zpool create -f -o failmode=continue -R /a -m legacy -o
> cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache rpool c1t0d0
>
> It seems a root pool must only be created on a slice. Therefore
>
> zpool create -f -o failmode=continue -R /a -m legacy -o
> cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache rpool c1t0d0s0
>
> will work. I've been reading through some of the ZFS root installation stuff
> and can't find a note that explicitly states this although a bit of bing'ing
> and I found a thread that confirmed this.
See the ZFS Administration Guide section on Creating a ZFS Root Pool,
first bullet
+ Disks used for the root pool must have a VTOC (SMI) label and the
pool must be created with disk slices
-- richard
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