[zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread Karl Wagner
I have a small problem. I have a development fileserver box running Solaris 11 Express. The Rpool is mirrored between an SSD and a hard drive. Today, the SSD deveoped a fault for some reason. While trying to diagnose the problem, the system panicked and rebooted. The SSD was the first boot

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread John D Groenveld
In message CANxrvgW3oHstp7gtMxjbqU6u4KdvESvXZ_x1facpp=ozzgv...@mail.gmail.com , Karl Wagner writes: The SSD was the first boot drive, and every time it tried to boot it panicked and rebooted, ending up in a loop. I tried to change to the second rpool drive, but either I forgot to install grub on

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 02/16/2013 09:49 PM, John D Groenveld wrote: Boot with kernel debugger so you can see the panic. Sadly, though, without access to the source code, all he do can at that point is log a support ticket with Oracle (assuming he has paid his support fees) and hope it will get picked up by somebody

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread James C. McPherson
On 17/02/13 06:54 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: On 02/16/2013 09:49 PM, John D Groenveld wrote: Boot with kernel debugger so you can see the panic. Sadly, though, without access to the source code, all he do can at that point is log a support ticket with Oracle (assuming he has paid his support

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 02/16/2013 10:47 PM, James C. McPherson wrote: On 17/02/13 06:54 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: On 02/16/2013 09:49 PM, John D Groenveld wrote: Boot with kernel debugger so you can see the panic. Sadly, though, without access to the source code, all he do can at that point is log a support

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread James C. McPherson
On 17/02/13 08:48 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: On 02/16/2013 10:47 PM, James C. McPherson wrote: ... Whether that message winds up being something you need to talk with a Oracle about is entirely different. He got a kernel panic on a completely legitimate operation (booting with one half of the

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-02-16 21:49, John D Groenveld wrote: By the way, whatever the error message is when booting, it disapears so quickly I can't read it, so I am only guessing that this is the reason. Boot with kernel debugger so you can see the panic. And that would be so: 1) In the boot loader (GRUB)

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! RPool problem

2013-02-16 Thread Ian Collins
Sašo Kiselkov wrote: On 02/16/2013 09:49 PM, John D Groenveld wrote: Boot with kernel debugger so you can see the panic. Sadly, though, without access to the source code, all he do can at that point is log a support ticket with Oracle (assuming he has paid his support fees) and hope it will