On 04/13/09 12:53, Michael Widmann wrote: > Hi > > I'm sitting here for hours now and tried to mirror my rpool. nothing worked. > > I have 2008.11 installed > > when I try > > zpool attach rpool c4t0d0s0 c4t1d0s0 > > I get - cannot open /dev/dsk/c4t1d0s0: I/O error > make sure that this slice really exists and is big enough to to mirror the existing device in the pool. And that the disk it's on has an SMI label (prtvtoc(1M) and format(1M) should report cylinder data for the disk. i.e. tracks/cylinder or the number of the cylinders on the disk. ) > if i try > zpool attach rpool c4t0d0 c4t1d0 > > This won't work. In order to attach a device to a root pool, the device must be specified as a slice.
> I get c4t1d0 EFI labeled devices are not supported on root pools. > > Tried everything from format -e and writing label (SMI) - nothing helps > ... > > Is anyone out there to kill my pain ;-) > > my HELP nearly looks like - HELL (if someone now madagaskar the film) > > thx > > Michael >
